Senate Bill 1036
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Affordable College Textbook Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Apr 4, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1036
Congress
116
Policy Area
Education
Education
Primary focus of measure is elementary, secondary, or higher education including special education and matters of academic performance, school administration, teaching, educational costs, and student aid.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Affordable College Textbook Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.
April 4, 2019
04/04/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2272-2274)
04/04/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 7:02:19 PM