http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_SN_945.html?rev=308 <p>S. 945 would ensure that college textbooks and supplemental materials are available and affordable.</p> <h2 id="toc0"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>College Textbook Affordability Act of 2007 - Requires publishers informing teachers at institutions of higher education about textbooks or supplements in their subject areas to include written information concerning: (1) the price the publisher would charge the bookstore associated with such institution for such items; (2) any history of revisions for such items; and (3) whether such items are available in other formats, including paperback and unbound, and the price the publisher would charge the bookstore for items in those formats.</p> <p>Requires a publisher that sells a textbook and any accompanying supplement as a single bundled item also to sell them separately and unbundled.</p> <p>Directs federally-assisted institutions of higher education to include on printed or internet course schedules the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and retail price for each required or recommended textbook or supplement for listed courses.</p> <p>Requires such institutions to provide sellers of textbooks (other than publishers) that meet their requirements with: (1) their course schedules for the subsequent academic period; (2) the ISBN for each textbook or supplement required or recommended for each course; and (3) the number of students enrolled, and the maximum enrollment, in each course.</p> <h2 id="toc1"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</p> <h2 id="toc2"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc3"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 308@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 31 May 2007 13:32:33 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_SN_945.html?rev=309 <p>S. 945 would ensure that college textbooks and supplemental materials are available and affordable.</p> <h2 id="toc4"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>College Textbook Affordability Act of 2007 - Requires publishers informing teachers at institutions of higher education about textbooks or supplements in their subject areas to include written information concerning: (1) the price the publisher would charge the bookstore associated with such institution for such items; (2) any history of revisions for such items; and (3) whether such items are available in other formats, including paperback and unbound, and the price the publisher would charge the bookstore for items in those formats.</p> <p>Requires a publisher that sells a textbook and any accompanying supplement as a single bundled item also to sell them separately and unbundled.</p> <p>Directs federally-assisted institutions of higher education to include on printed or internet course schedules the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and retail price for each required or recommended textbook or supplement for listed courses.</p> <p>Requires such institutions to provide sellers of textbooks (other than publishers) that meet their requirements with: (1) their course schedules for the subsequent academic period; (2) the ISBN for each textbook or supplement required or recommended for each course; and (3) the number of students enrolled, and the maximum enrollment, in each course.</p> <h2 id="toc5"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</p> <h2 id="toc6"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc7"> Points Against </h2> <p>Transparency in the textbook marketplace is key, but federal regulation is not the way to accomplish this goal. Publishers willingly provide information regarding price and products to faculty and students. With that in mind, the objective of this bill should be to encourage transparency throughout the textbook adoption and purchasing processes, not to require publishers to provide a list of prices for every possible course material option.</p> 309@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 31 May 2007 13:32:33 EDT