HB3555 S ED AMT #1 3-7

Hager  7871

The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 3555—A Bill to amend and reenact §18B-10-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing higher education institutions to offer a courseware and book fee at a lump sum or per credit hour amount if an opt out option is offered for students in advance of the start of each academic term; amending provisions pertaining to  requirements imposed on institutions when there are new or increased charges for course materials or digital courseware for certain reasons; adding to exclusions from the requirement that the agreement between an institution and an entity under which the institution assesses on the entity’s behalf or allows the entity to assess a charge to students enrolled at the institution include a prohibition against the entity engaging in, or authorizing third parties to engage in, the sale, disclosure, licensing, use, retention, or other exploitation of any data collected under the agreement; and removing prohibition against denial of a student access to educational materials for which the student has been, or would otherwise be, automatically charged on the student’s refusal or failure to agree to the sale, disclosure, licensing, use, retention, or other exploitation of any data pertaining to the student that would be obtained through the use of the student’s educational materials.

Adopted

Rejected