S 3818
117th Congress
Senate
Education
Books and print media
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Affordable College Textbook Act
Introduced: March 10, 2022
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1122-1123)
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1122-1123)
Committees of jurisdiction
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