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House Bill 33 |
House Author: Branch et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 33 amends the Education Code to require an institution of higher education, for each semester or academic term, to compile a course schedule indicating each course offered by the institution for the semester or term and, with respect to each course, to include with the schedule a list of the required and recommended textbooks that specifies, to the extent practicable, each textbook's retail price, author, publisher, most recent copyright date, and International Standard Book Number, if any. The bill sets out requirements relating to the dissemination of the course schedule and textbook list to an institution's students and to the bookstores generally serving those students, including the establishment of deadlines for faculty submission of course schedule and textbook information and for the dissemination of such information to allow for timely placement of student textbook orders.
House Bill 33 requires a textbook publisher that provides information regarding a textbook or supplemental material to a faculty member or other person in charge of selecting course materials at an institution of higher education to provide written information relating to textbook prices, copyright dates for the current and three preceding textbook editions, any substantial revisions made since the most recent preceding edition, and any alternative formats available. The bill requires a publisher that offers a textbook bundle for sale also to offer each individual item in the bundle as a separate and separately priced, unbundled item for sale.
House Bill 33 makes its provisions applicable beginning with the 2012 fall semester.