3.0.0 945 2023-01-11T19:45:36Z 2023-01-11T19:45:36Z Senate S S 2007-03-20 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-20T23:11:59Z College Textbook Affordability and Transparency Act of 2007 110 3512 HR 2007-10-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2007-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9552) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3394) IntroReferral 2007-03-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3393-3394) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-03-20 True Education College costs College teachers Colleges Commerce Consumer education Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Identification devices Internet Prices Publishers and publishing Retail trade Science, Technology, Communications Student enrollment Teaching materials Textbooks Education 00 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-23T16:11:08Z College Textbook Affordability Act of 2007 - Requires publishers informing teachers at institutions of higher education about textbooks or supplements in their subject areas to include written information concerning: (1) the price the publisher would charge the bookstore associated with such institution for such items; (2) any history of revisions for such items; and (3) whether such items are available in other formats, including paperback and unbound, and the price the publisher would charge the bookstore for items in those formats.

Requires a publisher that sells a textbook and any accompanying supplement as a single bundled item also to sell them separately and unbundled.

Directs federally-assisted institutions of higher education to include on printed or internet course schedules the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and retail price for each required or recommended textbook or supplement for listed courses.

Requires such institutions to provide sellers of textbooks (other than publishers) that meet their requirements with: (1) their course schedules for the subsequent academic period; (2) the ISBN for each textbook or supplement required or recommended for each course; and (3) the number of students enrolled, and the maximum enrollment, in each course.

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