Category: Resolutions

Fall 2025, Resolution Number 114.04 Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges has long supported lowering course material costs through the adoption of open educational resources[1]; Whereas, The adoption of open educational resources saves students money, but gathering the data to calculate actual cost-savings is labor-intensive and there is no standardized systemwide method to facilitate the calculation of savings that colleges could use to track and quantify savings;  Whereas, A simple standardized method …

114.04 Developing a Consistent Method for Calculating Student Cost Savings Resulting from Open Educational Resources AdoptionRead More »

Fall 2025, Resolution Number 113.02 Whereas, Automatic-billing programs, also referred to as “inclusive access” programs, typically charge students a per-unit fee for course materials, regardless of the actual cost of the required resources and often fail to clearly notify students of opt-out options, thereby limiting student choice and creating new financial burdens[1]; Whereas, The Academic …

113.02 Ensuring the Transparency of Automatic Billing Programs for StudentsRead More »

Fall 2025, Resolution Number 111.05 Whereas, All openly licensed resources created with Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Program funds must be shared, but California Education Code §78052[1] specifies that “Testing and assessment materials posted online pursuant to this paragraph shall be safeguarded to maintain the integrity of those materials.”; Whereas, Canvas Commons is a platform for sharing complete …

111.05 Encourage Systemwide Use of California Community Colleges Canvas CommonsRead More »

Fall 2025, Resolution Number 111.04 Whereas, Title 5 §54221 requires governing boards to “adopt policies that ensure student access to textbooks and supplemental materials that are needed on the first day of class” and delineates “practices that enable first day access to zero-cost resources”, but does not specify college responsibilities after the first day of …

111.04 Policy Recommendations for the Implementation of Title 5 §54221 Burden-Free Access to Instructional MaterialsRead More »

Fall 2025, Resolution Number 111.03 Whereas, The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Burden-Free Instructional Materials Task Force was charged with providing recommendations and regulatory actions to reduce instructional material costs and create sustainable, equitable solutions that prioritize the removal of financial, administrative, and psychological burdens on students, as outlined in its 2024 report Advancing Equity …

111.03 Supporting the Intent of Title 5 §54221 Burden-Free Access to Instructional MaterialsRead More »

Fall 2024, Resolution Number 111.04 Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges supports removing the requirement of an international standard book number (ISBN) and a copyright date from all curriculum and articulation processes when open educational resources are specified[1];   Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges was directed by Resolution 22F 09.01[2] to …

111.04 Open Educational Resources and Publication Date Read More »

Fall 2024, Resolution Number 105.02 Whereas, Publishers and bookstore vendors have introduced programs that require students to pay a per unit fee for course resources and refer to these automatic billing programs with deceptive names such as “inclusive,” “equitable,” or “first day” access although the costs of the program may exceed the actual costs of …

105.03 Encouraging Transparency and Eliminating Automatic Billing Practices in Course Material AccessRead More »

Fall 2024, Resolution Number 105.02 Whereas, Title 5 §59404[1] of the California Code of Regulations mandates that districts take reasonable steps to minimize the cost and ensure the necessity of instructional materials, and the Burden-Free Instructional Materials Task Force has recommended structural changes to reduce instructional materials costs for students in the long term; Whereas, …

105.02 Encouraging Funding for Printing Lab Manuals to Achieve Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) StatusRead More »

Fall 2023, Resolution Number 06.01 Whereas, AB 607 (Kalra, 2023)[1] modifies California Education Code §66406.9[2] to expand the cost information required in course schedules, requiring that colleges Prominently display, by means that may include a link to a separate internet web page, the estimated costs for each course of all required course materials and fees …

6.01 Recommendations for the Implementation of AB 607 (Kalra, 2023) Amendments to California Education Code §66406.9Read More »