General Assembly Raised Bill No. 931
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3737
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 931
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3737
*03737_______HED*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) No public institution of higher education, as defined in section 10a-173 of the general statutes, or faculty member of a public institution of higher education shall require a student of such institution of higher education to use a new edition of a textbook as part of a course offered at such public institution of higher education within three years of the date of the initial publication of the previous edition of such textbook.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit requiring students of an institution of higher education in this state to use a new edition of a textbook any sooner than three years following the date of the initial publication of a previous edition of such textbook.
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