NJ S2348 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-08-18 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
Pending: Senate Higher Eduction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbooks available to students at no charge and requires buyback of used textbooks at 50 percent of purchase price.

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Title

Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbooks available to students at no charge and requires buyback of used textbooks at 50 percent of purchase price.

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History

DateChamberAction
2014-08-18SenateIntroduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee

Same As/Similar To

A2809 (Same As) 2014-03-24 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

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