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9/24/2009--Introduced.Open College Textbook Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive one-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), professors from IHEs, and producers of open textbooks to create or update open textbooks, or adapt textbooks into open formats, for postsecondary coursework. (Open textbooks are defined as college textbooks or course materials in electronic format that are licensed under an open license, which is an irrevocable intellectual property license that grants the public the right to access, customize, and distribute copyrighted material.) Requires such textbooks to be posted on an easily accessible and interoperable website and made available to the public free of charge. Directs the Secretary to develop a peer review and evaluation process to ensure that these textbooks are of the highest quality, accurate in content, and meet or exceed market quality and accessibility standards. Requires all elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational materials created through federal grants to be licensed under an open license, posted on an easily accessible and interoperable website, and made available to the public free of charge. Expresses the sense of Congress that IHEs should encourage professors to consider open textbooks within the generally accepted principles of academic freedom which give faculty the right and responsibility to select pedagogically appropriate coursework.

1253764800 2009-09-24 Wed Jan 06 09:34:12 -0600 2010 introduced 60063 'act':4 '2009':6 'open':1 'colleg':2 'textbook':3 80559 false short introduced 60063 'bill':2 'open':13 'adapt':11 'grant':5 'updat':9 'author':4 'purpos':18 'creation':8 'textbook':14 78177 false official action 60063 Wed Nov 11 07:16:21 -0600 2009 1253764800 Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0500 2009 216420 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9850) D000563 1944-11-21 10035 309 Hart Senate Office Building http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-228-0400 Richard 'd':4 'il':5 'sen':1 'durbin':3,7,9 'richard':2,6,8 M 300038 Durbin Richard_Durbin J. Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL] 5122 N00004981 20309 Democrat 202-224-2152 Roman Catholic IL Dick Richard Durbin 3.60810810810811 http://durbin.senate.gov action 60063 Wed Nov 11 07:16:21 -0600 2009 1253764800 Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0500 2009 216420 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9850) action 60063 Fri Sep 25 18:53:03 -0500 2009 1253764800 Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0500 2009 209530 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. action 60063 Fri Sep 25 18:53:03 -0500 2009 1253764800 Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0500 2009 209529 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (S9850) introduced 60063 Fri Sep 25 18:53:03 -0500 2009 1253764800 Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0500 2009 209528