House File 487 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 276)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring postsecondary institutions and schools to
  2    provide students with specific textbook information.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1334HV 83
  5 ak/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 261.7, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The general assembly recommends that every Every public
  1  4 and private institution of higher education in this state,
  1  5 including those institutions referenced in chapters 260C and
  1  6 262 and section 261.9, shall post the list of required and
  1  7 suggested textbooks for all courses and the corresponding
  1  8 international standard book numbers for such textbooks at
  1  9 least fourteen days before the start of each semester or term,
  1 10 to the extent possible, at the locations where textbooks are
  1 11 sold on campus and on the website for the respective
  1 12 institution of higher education.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 261.7, subsection 3, Code 2009, is amended
  1 14 to read as follows:
  1 15    3.  The college student aid commission is directed to shall
  1 16 convey the legislative intent and recommendation contained in
  1 17 requirements of this section to every institution of higher
  1 18 education in the state and to every postsecondary school
  1 19 registered pursuant to chapter 261B at least once a year.  The
  1 20 college student aid commission may adopt rules to administer
  1 21 this section.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill amends Code section 261.7 by requiring, rather
  1 24 than recommending, that all institutions of higher learning
  1 25 post information on campus and on a website identifying
  1 26 textbooks necessary for collegiate courses and the textbooks'
  1 27 corresponding international standard book numbers.  Code
  1 28 section 261.7(3) directs the college student aid commission to
  1 29 convey the legislative intent and requirements about posting
  1 30 textbook information at least once a year and allows the
  1 31 commission to adopt rules to administer the section.
  1 32 LSB 1334HV 83
  1 33 ak/rj/8