Legislation on Policy Theme 2 for EM

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POLICY THEME 2: Require faculty to consider costs of educational materials

LEGEND

SB: Senate Bill HB: House Bill
SR: Senate Resolution HR: House Resolution
AB: Assembly Bill AR: Assembly Resolution
SF: Senate File HF: House File
HCR: Concurrent Resolution LB: Legislative Bill


Proposed and Passed State Legislation (2004-2007)

compiled from ACSFA 2007

  1. SB 22 (AR)
    • Introduced 1/8/07
  2. SB 30 (AR)
    • Signed into law as Act 106 2/15/07
    • Considers royalties on EM adopted by faculty to be property of school to be placed in a scholarship fund
      • Important in terms of decreasing incentives for faculty to author their own textbooks
  3. AB 2477 (CA)
    • Signed into law 9/16/04
  4. HB 1434 (GA)
    • Introduced 2/12/04
    • Mandates textbooks in university system be used for at least 6 semesters
  5. HB 4867 (IL)
    • Introduced 1/19/06
  6. SB 1464 (IL)
    • Introduced 2/21/07
  7. SB 315 (KS)
    • Introduced 2/6/07
  8. HB 1262 (MA)
    • Introduced 1/26/05
  9. SF 1314 / HF 1508 (MN)
    • Introduced as SF 1314 on 2/26/07
    • Introduced as HF 1508 on 3/1/07
  10. SB 5274 (NY)
    • Introduced 4/25/07
    • Discourages faculty from using new editions
  11. HB 2380 (OK)
    • Introduced 1/18/06
    • Encourages publicly funded departments to examine whether textbooks can be used for longer periods
  12. HB 1257 / SB 2076 (TN)
    • Introduced as HB 1257 on 2/12/07
    • Introduced as SB 2076 on 2/15/07
  13. HB 1184 (TX)
    • Introduced on 2/16/05
    • Requires Board of Higher Ed to encourage faculty to use same textbook editions for multiple years
  14. HB 956 (TX)
    • Introduced 1/30/07
    • Requires faculty to adopt texts for 3 years with limited exceptions
  15. HB 960
    • Introduced 1/30/07
    • Directs governing boards at higher ed institutions to develop policies requiring faculty to adopt texts for at least 3 years
  16. HB 2965 (TX)
    • Introduced 3/7/07
    • Prohibits faculty from requiring textbook editions <3 years old unless newer edition is necessary for adequate instruction and supplementary inserts are not available
  17. HB 1478 (VA)
    • Signed into law 4/4/06
    • Encourages faculty to not adopt new edition when difference is negligible
  18. HB 3087 / SB 6699 (WA)
    • Signed into law 3/15/06


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