3.0.0 1864 2023-01-11T13:38:33Z 2023-01-11T13:38:33Z Senate S 2017-09-26 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-26T19:45:08Z Affordable College Textbook Act 115 3840 HR 2017-09-26 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2017-09-26 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 S6136-6137) IntroReferral 2017-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-09-26 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-09-26 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2017-09-28 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-02-05 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2018-03-07 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-03-13 False Education Academic performance and assessments Books and print media Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Government studies and investigations Higher education Intellectual property Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Licensing and registrations School administration Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2017-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-22T19:48:49Z 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.

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Affordable College Textbook Act Display Title Affordable College Textbook Act Short Titles as Introduced Affordable College Textbook Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1864is/xml/BILLS-115s1864is.xml 2017-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6136-6137) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.