US SB1036 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2272-2274)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2272-2274)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Affordable College Textbook Act
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Angus King [I-ME] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ] |
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-04-04 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2272-2274) |
Same As/Similar To
HB2107 (Same As) 2019-04-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
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
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
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1036/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1036/BILLS-116s1036is.pdf |