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Rep. Kelly M. Burke
Filed: 3/5/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4662
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4662 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 9.39 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 205/9.39 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9.39. College course materials access and |
| 8 | | affordability study. |
| 9 | | (a) To examine the cost-saving methods and practices |
| 10 | | utilized by each public institution of higher education for |
| 11 | | improving students' timely access to required course materials |
| 12 | | and the affordability of required course materials, each public |
| 13 | | institution, after consultation with administrators, faculty, |
| 14 | | campus bookstores, and publishers, shall conduct a course |
| 15 | | materials access and affordability study and shall submit a |
| 16 | | report of the study's findings to the Board of Higher Education |
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| 1 | | if the public institution is a university and to the Illinois |
| 2 | | Community College Board if the public institution is a |
| 3 | | community college. |
| 4 | | (b) The report shall include all of the following areas: |
| 5 | | (1) A list of cost-saving methods available to |
| 6 | | students, including, but not limited to, inclusive access |
| 7 | | programs developed by publishers, textbook subscription |
| 8 | | programs, textbook rental programs, used textbooks, and |
| 9 | | other institutional textbook cost-saving methods, such as |
| 10 | | open educational resources. |
| 11 | | (2) The total amount of cost savings achieved by the |
| 12 | | public institution and the total number of students that |
| 13 | | utilized each cost-saving method. |
| 14 | | (3) A description of the process required to implement |
| 15 | | each cost-saving method listed in paragraph (1) of this |
| 16 | | subsection. |
| 17 | | (4) A description of the process by which students |
| 18 | | obtain required course materials. |
| 19 | | (5) The identification of best practices resulting |
| 20 | | from the cost-saving methods listed in paragraph (1) of |
| 21 | | this subsection. |
| 22 | | (6) An examination of the following areas: |
| 23 | | (A) whether the methods improved access to |
| 24 | | required course materials by the first day of class; |
| 25 | | and |
| 26 | | (B) whether the methods increased the |
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| 1 | | affordability of required course materials. |
| 2 | | (c) Each public university shall submit its report to the |
| 3 | | Board of Higher Education and each public community college |
| 4 | | shall submit its report to the Illinois Community College Board |
| 5 | | no later than March 1, 2021. |
| 6 | | (d) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois |
| 7 | | Community College Board shall review each submitted report to |
| 8 | | ensure that each report addresses all of the areas listed in |
| 9 | | subsection (b). The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois |
| 10 | | Community College Board shall post the reports on their |
| 11 | | respective websites no later than May 1, 2021. |
| 12 | | (e) No later than October 1, 2021, the Board of Higher |
| 13 | | Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall submit |
| 14 | | a joint report to the Governor and General Assembly that |
| 15 | | summarizes the findings from the reports submitted by public |
| 16 | | institutions of higher education, including the areas listed in |
| 17 | | subsection (b). |
| 18 | | (f) No later than October 1, 2021, the Board of Higher |
| 19 | | Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall post |
| 20 | | the joint report on their respective websites.
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law.".
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