(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before October 1, 2019, and on or before October 1 each year thereafter, the council shall prepare and submit to the commission, the joint budget committee, and the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, a report concerning implementation and development of open educational resources around the state. The public institutions of higher education shall collaborate with the council in providing the information necessary for the report. At a minimum, the report must include:
The degree to which all public institutions of higher education are adopting openeducational resources support programs and ensuring universal awareness of open educational resources among faculty and students;
The number and percentage of the courses offered by the public institutions of highereducation that use open educational resources as the primary resources for the course;
The open educational resources created and shared by grant recipients;
The number of open educational resources revised and adopted by grant recipients;
For public institutions of higher education that receive a grant or that employ facultyor staff that receive a grant, the course enrollment, completion, and pass rates for courses that use open educational resources compared to courses that do not use these resources; and
The summarized information concerning implementation of the grant program as described in section 23-4.5-104 (4)(a) and (5).
Source: L. 2018: Entire article added, (HB 18-1331), ch. 186, p. 1258, § 1, effective April 30.