Affordable College Textbook Act

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.

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Timeline

1. 9 March 2022

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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2. 9 March 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 March 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 9 March 2022 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2022

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2022

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 March 2022

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Sponsors

• Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] · D · Sponsor
• Eric Swalwell · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Sean Casten · D · Cosponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

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