Past SPARC Policy Priorities
SPARC advocates for policies at the local, national, and international level that promote openness in research and education. Listed below are previous SPARC policy priorities that are no longer active or have already passed. Click here to return to SPARC's active policy priorities.
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Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act Reauthorization
Open EducationCongress approved a bill reauthorizing the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which included provisions permitting OER as an allowable use of funds for state and local activities.
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$5 Million for Open Textbooks in FY19 Omnibus
Open EducationCongress answered our call to renew the $5 million Open Textbook Pilot
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AB 2192, a bill to modify The California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act
Open AccessAB 2192 would ensure that articles reporting on California state research funding are publicly available to all.
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$5 Million for Open Textbooks in FY18 Omnibus
Open EducationCongress funded a $5 million Open Textbook Pilot grant program in the FY18 omnibus appropriations bill. The program is now being implemented by the Department of Education, and was renewed for a second year.
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The STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act (H.R. 4375)
The STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act calls for a report on broadening participation in NSF research & education programs as well as data collection from U.S. Federal science agencies on current practices in STEM research grants.
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Open Access Language in the FY18 Appropriations Process
Open AccessTo ensure that the 2013 White House Directive on Public Access is fully implemented.
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Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 (S. 2271)
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 would reauthorize IMLS and protect the agency from potential cuts.
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EU Statement on Making All Research Open by 2020
Open Access · Open DataIn a statement released by the Competitiveness Council, EU members agreed to "support a transition to immediate open access as the default by 2020, using the various models possible and in a cost-effective way, without embargoes or with as short as possible embargoes, and without financial and...
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California Legislation Granting State and Local Government the Right to Copyright Government Works – AB 2880
Open AccessAB 2880, an amendment to current California Government and Contract Code, would give California state and local governments the authority to create, hold, and exert copyrights - including materials created by the government.
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Department of Education Open Licensing Rule
Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education requires that works created through competitive grants to be openly licensed and shared with the public so that everyone can benefit from taxpayer investments.
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