S. 978 · 118th Congress · Senate

Affordable College Textbook Act

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S955-957)
Introduced
Mar 27, 23
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive 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.

Action Timeline

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  1. MAR 27, 2023IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. MAR 27, 2023IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S955-957)

    955Yea
    957Nay
    0NV

Committees

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Referred: Mar 27, 2023

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