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House Bill 226

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Title AN ACT relating to college textbooks and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 981
Sponsors C. Rollins II, K. Flood, M. Henley, B. Montell, T. Moore, B. Yonts
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms relating to college textbooks; state the intent of the General Assembly to encourage cost containment efforts; require that no later than the 2009-2010 fall academic term that each public postsecondary education institution implement a policy establishing a deadline for faculty adoption and public posting of the International Standard Book Number and retail price for all courses within the undergraduate course schedule; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to review each institution's policy and the implementation of the policy; require each policy to have penalties for faculty who do not comply or financial relief for the students who are victims of late notifications; require that no later than the 2009-2010 fall academic term, a publisher that sells a college textbook and any supplemental material in a single bundle make available the college textbook and the supplemental materials as separate and unbundled items with each priced separately; prohibit a faculty member from adopting a single bundle college textbook package unless the materials can be unbundled; exempt integrated textbooks from the bundling provision; require no later than 2009-2010 that publishers publish substantial content revisions between editions of the same book; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version Education, Higher - College textbooks, faculty adoption deadlines
Education, Higher - College textbooks, bundled, limitations on sales of
Education, Higher - College textbooks, editions, substantial content revisions, publishers to identify
State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education, college textbook policies, monitor
Universities and Colleges - College textbooks, faculty adoption deadlines
Universities and Colleges - College textbooks, bundled, limitations on sales of
Universities and Colleges - College textbooks, editions, substantial content revisions, publishers to identify
Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1
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02/03/09
  • introduced in House
02/04/09
  • to Education (H)
02/06/09
  • posted in committee
02/24/09
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/25/09
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/26/09
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2009
02/27/09
  • 3rd reading, passed 83-9 with Committee Substitute
03/02/09
  • received in Senate
03/04/09
  • to State & Local Government (S)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions, except eliminate the requirement for a penalty provision for faculty who do not comply or financial relief in each institution's textbook adoption procedures; clarify publishers' responsibilities in disclosure of prices and substantial changes between editions.
Index Headings Education, Higher - College textbooks, faculty adoption deadlines
Education, Higher - College textbooks, bundled, limitations on sales of
Education, Higher - College textbooks, editions, substantial content revisions, publishers to identify
State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education, college textbook policies, monitor
Universities and Colleges - College textbooks, faculty adoption deadlines
Universities and Colleges - College textbooks, bundled, limitations on sales of
Universities and Colleges - College textbooks, editions, substantial content revisions, publishers to identify

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