Full Text of HR0832 98th General Assembly
HR0832 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The federal Higher Education Opportunity Act and | 3 | | the Illinois Transparency in College Textbook Publishing | 4 | | Practices Act are laws that provide for transparency and ready | 5 | | availability of textbook and course material pricing and sales | 6 | | information and the unbundling of course materials; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Publishers have increased the availability of | 8 | | affordable options by producing unbundled, black and white, | 9 | | unbound, and electronic versions of textbooks and course | 10 | | materials; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Campus bookstores, both online and in-store, have | 12 | | increased the availability of lower cost alternatives for | 13 | | students by offering students choices between bundled products | 14 | | and components, print or digital formats, and choices in | 15 | | purchase versus rental; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Campus bookstores prominently display format and | 17 | | pricing options via shelf tags and other point of purchase | 18 | | materials to students in store and online; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, While these alternative options, which offer more | 20 | | variety in pricing and can be more affordable to students and | 21 | | meet their specific needs or learning styles, are available for |
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| 1 | | students, more education and outreach is needed to ensure | 2 | | students are fully aware of these options; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we encourage the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the | 6 | | Illinois Board of Higher Education Student Advisory Committee, | 7 | | and other student leaders, college officials, faculty, college | 8 | | bookstores, and publishers to discuss ways that college | 9 | | students may be better informed of these different textbook | 10 | | options and how access to them can be increased, without | 11 | | adversely impacting any existing textbook rental or already | 12 | | established access or affordability programs available to | 13 | | Illinois students; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | delivered to the Governor and to each member of the Illinois | 16 | | General Assembly.
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