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House Bill 1096 |
House Author: Vo et al. |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Van de Putte |
House Bill 1096 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to prescribe procedures by which each institution of higher education is required to provide to each student enrolled at the institution written notice regarding the availability of required or recommended textbooks through university-affiliated bookstores and retailers other than university-affiliated bookstores. The bill requires the notice to be provided to each student at specified periods during each semester or summer session and to each student or prospective student attending an orientation and sets out requirements for the form and content of such notice. The bill requires the coordinating board to adopt rules to administer these provisions and makes its provisions applicable beginning with the 2009 fall semester.