Affordable College Textbook Act
Latest action · Apr 4, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 4, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Affordable College Textbook Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states 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.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2019 to Sep 6, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 6, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 4, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1036 | Affordable College Textbook Act | Identical bill | Apr 4, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Books and print media
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Inflation and prices
- Intellectual property
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Licensing and registrations
- Retail and wholesale trades
- School administration
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2019Introduced in House
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