Bill Text: CT SB00931 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Requirements For College Textbooks.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-21 - House Calendar Number 595 [SB00931 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00931-Comm_Sub.html

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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)

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

HED

Joint Favorable