Bill Amendment: IL HB4662 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: HIGHER ED VETERANS SERVICE ACT

Status: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4662 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4662-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Kelly M. Burke

Filed: 3/5/2020

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4662
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4662 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
adding Section 9.39 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/9.39 new)
Sec. 9.39. College course materials access and
affordability study.
(a) To examine the cost-saving methods and practices
utilized by each public institution of higher education for
improving students' timely access to required course materials
and the affordability of required course materials, each public
institution, after consultation with administrators, faculty,
campus bookstores, and publishers, shall conduct a course
materials access and affordability study and shall submit a
report of the study's findings to the Board of Higher Education

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if the public institution is a university and to the Illinois
Community College Board if the public institution is a
community college.
(b) The report shall include all of the following areas:
(1) A list of cost-saving methods available to
students, including, but not limited to, inclusive access
programs developed by publishers, textbook subscription
programs, textbook rental programs, used textbooks, and
other institutional textbook cost-saving methods, such as
open educational resources.
(2) The total amount of cost savings achieved by the
public institution and the total number of students that
utilized each cost-saving method.
(3) A description of the process required to implement
each cost-saving method listed in paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
(4) A description of the process by which students
obtain required course materials.
(5) The identification of best practices resulting
from the cost-saving methods listed in paragraph (1) of
this subsection.
(6) An examination of the following areas:
(A) whether the methods improved access to
required course materials by the first day of class;
and
(B) whether the methods increased the

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affordability of required course materials.
(c) Each public university shall submit its report to the
Board of Higher Education and each public community college
shall submit its report to the Illinois Community College Board
no later than March 1, 2021.
(d) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
Community College Board shall review each submitted report to
ensure that each report addresses all of the areas listed in
subsection (b). The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
Community College Board shall post the reports on their
respective websites no later than May 1, 2021.
(e) No later than October 1, 2021, the Board of Higher
Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall submit
a joint report to the Governor and General Assembly that
summarizes the findings from the reports submitted by public
institutions of higher education, including the areas listed in
subsection (b).
(f) No later than October 1, 2021, the Board of Higher
Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall post
the joint report on their respective websites.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".