H.R.3538: Affordable College Textbook Act

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Bill Summary

Affordable College Textbook Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support pilot programs that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students. Requires the grants to be used for: professional development for IHE faculty and staff, including the search for and review of open textbooks; the creation or adaptation of open educational...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Nov. 19, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov. 19, 2013

Introduced in the House by Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas)

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