House File 2197 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2015)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring institutions of higher learning and community
  2    colleges to provide students with specific textbook
  3    information.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5069HV 82
  6 ak/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 260C.5, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  Post the list of required and
  1  4 suggested textbooks for all courses and the corresponding
  1  5 international standard book numbers for such textbooks at
  1  6 least fourteen days before the start of each semester or term,
  1  7 to the extent possible, at the locations where textbooks are
  1  8 sold on campus and on the website for the respective community
  1  9 college.  For the purposes of this subsection, "textbook"
  1 10 means any book used for the study of a subject.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 262.9, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by
  1 12 adding the following new subsection:
  1 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  32.  Post the list of required and
  1 14 suggested textbooks for all courses and the corresponding
  1 15 international standard book numbers for such textbooks at
  1 16 least fourteen days before the start of each semester or term,
  1 17 to the extent possible, at the locations where textbooks are
  1 18 sold on campus and on the website for the respective
  1 19 institution for higher learning.  For the purposes of this
  1 20 subsection, "textbook" means any book used for the study of a
  1 21 subject.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill requires both the regents' universities and
  1 24 community colleges to provide students with the titles and
  1 25 international standard book numbers (ISBNs) of the textbooks
  1 26 that will be used in courses.  The bill requires that the
  1 27 universities and community colleges post the list both on
  1 28 campus where textbooks are sold and on their Internet sites at
  1 29 least 14 days before the start of a semester or term, to the
  1 30 extent possible.  A textbook is defined as any book used for
  1 31 the study of a subject.
  1 32 LSB 5069HV 82
  1 33 ak/nh/24