Affordable College Textbook Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Affordable College Textbook Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Government Operations, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Affordable College Textbook Act .
- Section idf979a74acd5b4d3caa3c3286447b950e: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The high cost of college textbooks continues to be a barrier for many students in achieving higher education....
- Section idd823d5769cbe460d8a2633aaa40be024: 3. Open textbook grant program In this section: The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education...
- Section idea4b33c071c448ee85fef6ff0d07292b: 4. Textbook price information Section 133 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015b) is amended— in subsection (b)— by striking paragraph (6) and...
- Section id123475a138cd42dfa896cec809d2c258: 5. Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that institutions of higher education should encourage the consideration of open textbooks by faculty within...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Affordable College Textbook Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Government Operations, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, Affordable College Textbook Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Smith, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
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