US HB3721 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Affordable College Textbook Act This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to make competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support pilot programs that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students. It requires the full and complete digital content of the educational resources created or adopted using grant funds to be made available free of charge to the public: (1) on an easily accessible and interoperable website; and (2) in a machine readable, digital format that anyone can directly download, edit with attribution, and redistribute. ED must give special consideration to grant applicants that demonstrate the greatest potential to: achieve the highest level of savings for students; expand the use of open textbooks at other IHEs; and produce open textbooks that are of the highest quality, that can be most easily utilized and adapted by faculty members, that correspond to the highest enrollment courses, and that are created or adopted in partnership with entities that will assist in their marketing and distribution. The bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include any educational material developed to accompany a college textbook as supplemental material that is subject to college textbook information disclosure requirements.
Title
Affordable College Textbook Act
Sponsors
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX] | Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO] | Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] | Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX] |
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL] | Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT] | Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-03-23 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. |
2015-10-08 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. |
2015-10-08 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2176 (Same As) 2015-10-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7276-7277)
Subjects
Books and print media
Education
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Internet and video services
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Education
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Internet and video services
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3721/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3721/BILLS-114hr3721ih.pdf |