Affordable College Textbook Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Sep 26, 2017)
Affordable College Textbook Act
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.
What just happenedSep 26, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6136-6137)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateSep 26, 2017
- Sep 26, 2017IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6136-6137)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Sep 26, 2017IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate