Full Text of SB1485 096th General Assembly
SB1485eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Transparency in College Textbook Publishing Practices Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 |
| "Alternative formats" means other versions of a specific | 8 |
| textbook, including paperbacks. | 9 |
| "Bundled textbook" means one or more college textbooks or | 10 |
| other supplemental
materials that may be packaged together to | 11 |
| be sold as course materials for one price. | 12 |
| "College textbook" means a textbook or a set of textbooks | 13 |
| used for or in conjunction with a course in postsecondary | 14 |
| education at an institution, not including custom textbooks. | 15 |
| "Custom textbook" means a college textbook that is compiled | 16 |
| at the direction of a faculty member or, if applicable, the | 17 |
| other adopting entity in charge of selecting textbooks for | 18 |
| courses taught at an institution. "Custom textbook" may | 19 |
| include, alone or in combination, items such as selections from | 20 |
| original instructor materials, previously copyrighted | 21 |
| publisher materials, copyrighted, third-party works, and | 22 |
| elements unique to a specific institution, such as | 23 |
| commemorative editions. |
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| "Integrated textbook" means a college textbook that is (i) | 2 |
| combined with materials developed by a third party and that, by | 3 |
| third-party contractual agreement, may not be offered by | 4 |
| publishers separately from the college textbook with which the | 5 |
| materials are combined; or (ii) combined with other materials | 6 |
| that are so interrelated with the content of the college | 7 |
| textbook that the separation of the college textbook from the | 8 |
| other materials would render the college textbook unusable for | 9 |
| its intended purpose. | 10 |
| "Institution" means a public institution of higher | 11 |
| education that is included in the definition of "public | 12 |
| institutions of higher education" under the Board of Higher | 13 |
| Education Act. | 14 |
| "Substantial content" means parts of a college textbook, | 15 |
| such as new chapters, new material covering additional eras of | 16 |
| time, new themes, or new subject matter. | 17 |
| "Supplemental material" means educational material | 18 |
| developed to accompany a college textbook that (i) may include | 19 |
| printed materials, computer discs, Internet website access, | 20 |
| and electronically distributed materials and (ii) is not being | 21 |
| used as a component of an integrated textbook. | 22 |
| "Unbundled textbook" means a textbook that is offered for
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| sale without any supplemental materials.
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| Section 10. Disclosure of information. When contacting or | 25 |
| being contacted by prospective clients, each publisher of |
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| college textbooks shall disclose, at that time and in writing | 2 |
| (which may include
electronic communications), all of the | 3 |
| following to the faculty member or, if applicable, the other | 4 |
| adopting entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses | 5 |
| taught at an institution: | 6 |
| (1) The copyright dates of the 3 previous editions of | 7 |
| the college textbook, if any. | 8 |
| (2) A description of the substantial content changes | 9 |
| made between the current edition of the college textbook or | 10 |
| supplemental materials and the previous edition, if any. | 11 |
| (3) The existence and price of alternative formats of | 12 |
| the college textbook or supplemental materials.
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| Section 15. Bundled textbooks. Publishers of college | 14 |
| textbooks are required to offer all bundled textbooks for sale | 15 |
| as individual unbundled textbooks and supplemental materials. | 16 |
| Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the | 17 |
| bookstore on the campus of or otherwise associated with an | 18 |
| institution to double stock or purchase textbooks and | 19 |
| supplemental materials as both bundled and unbundled items. | 20 |
| Section 20. Custom textbooks.
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| practical, publishers shall comply with the requirements under | 22 |
| Sections 10 and 15 of this Act with respect to the development | 23 |
| and provision of custom textbooks. |
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| Section 25. Institutional autonomy and academic freedom. | 2 |
| Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede | 3 |
| institutional autonomy or the academic freedom of persons | 4 |
| involved in the selection of textbooks and supplemental | 5 |
| materials.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 7 |
| 2010. |
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