(A) a plan for promoting and tracking the 
use of open textbooks in postsecondary courses 
offered by the eligible entity, including an esti-
mate of the projected savings that will be 
achieved for students; 
(B) a plan for evaluating, before creating 
new open textbooks, whether existing open text-
books could be used or adapted for the same 
purpose; 
(C) a plan for quality review and review of 
accuracy of any open textbooks to be created or 
adapted through the grant; 
(D) a plan for assessing the impact of 
open textbooks on instruction and student 
learning outcomes at the eligible entity; 
(E) a plan for disseminating information 
about the results of the project to institutions 
of higher education outside of the eligible enti-
ty, including promoting the adoption of any 
open textbooks created or adapted through the 
grant; and 
(F) a statement on consultation with rel-
evant faculty, including those engaged in the 
creation of open textbooks, in the development 
of the application. 
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(e) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall give special consid-
eration to applications that demonstrate the greatest po-
tential to— 
(1) achieve the highest level of savings for stu-
dents through sustainable expanded use of open 
textbooks in postsecondary courses offered by the el-
igible entity; 
(2) expand the use of open textbooks at institu-
tions of higher education outside of the eligible enti-
ty; and 
(3) produce— 
(A) the highest quality open textbooks; 
(B) open textbooks that can be most easily 
utilized and adapted by faculty members at in-
stitutions of higher education; 
(C) open textbooks that correspond to the 
highest enrollment courses at institutions of 
higher education; 
(D) open textbooks created or adapted in 
partnership with entities within institutions of 
higher education, including campus bookstores, 
that will assist in marketing and distribution of 
the open textbook; and 
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(E) open textbooks that are accessible to 
students with disabilities. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to 
carry out any of the following activities to expand the use 
of open textbooks: 
(1) Professional development for any faculty 
and staff members at institutions of higher edu-
cation, including the search for and review of open 
textbooks. 
(2) Creation or adaptation of open textbooks. 
(3) Development or improvement of supple-
mental materials and informational resources that 
are necessary to support the use of open textbooks, 
including accessible instructional materials for stu-
dents with disabilities. 
(4) Research evaluating the efficacy of the use 
of open textbooks for achieving savings for students 
and the impact on instruction and student learning 
outcomes. 
(g) LICENSE.—For each open textbook, supplemental 
material, or informational resource created or adapted 
wholly or in part under this section that constitutes a new 
copyrightable work, the eligible entity receiving the grant 
shall release such textbook, material, or resource to the 
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public under a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and 
irrevocable license to exercise any of the rights under copy-
right conditioned only on the requirement that attribution 
be given as directed by the copyright owner. 
(h) ACCESS AND DISTRIBUTION.—The full and com-
plete digital content of each open textbook, supplemental 
material, or informational resource created or adapted 
wholly or in part under this section shall be made available 
free of charge to the public— 
(1) on an easily accessible and interoperable 
website, which shall be identified to the Secretary by 
the eligible entity; 
(2) in a machine readable, digital format that 
anyone can directly download, edit with attribution, 
and redistribute; 
(3) in a format that conforms to accessibility 
standards under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), where feasible; and 
(4) with identifying information, including the 
title, edition, author, publisher, copyright date, and 
International Standard Book Number, if available. 
(i) REPORT.—Upon an eligible entity’s completion of 
a project supported under this section, the eligible entity 
shall prepare and submit a report to the Secretary regard-
ing— 
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(1) the effectiveness of the project in expanding 
the use of open textbooks and in achieving savings 
for students; 
(2) the impact of the project on expanding the 
use of open textbooks at institutions of higher edu-
cation outside of the eligible entity; 
(3) open textbooks, supplemental materials, and 
informational resources created or adapted wholly or 
in part under the grant, including instructions on 
where the public can access each educational re-
source under the terms of subsection (h); 
(4) the impact of the project on instruction and 
student learning outcomes; and 
(5) all project costs, including the value of any 
volunteer labor and institutional capital used for the 
project. 
(j) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a 
report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives detailing— 
(1) the open textbooks, supplemental materials, 
and informational resources created or adapted 
wholly or in part under this section; 
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