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HR 1886119th CongressIntroduced
Affordable College Textbook Act
Introduced: Oct 29, 2025
Education
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs
The Affordable College Textbook Act establishes a competitive grant program to expand open textbook adoption in higher education, requiring institutions to develop accessible resources while mandating enhanced price transparency disclosures including open educational resource status and digital data privacy terms for students.
Key Points
- 1Creates a federal grant program for institutions to develop open textbooks with mandatory faculty consultation, accessibility compliance, and sustainability plans for long-term student cost savings.
- 2Amends the Higher Education Act to require detailed textbook price disclosures including open educational resource status and publisher data privacy terms for digital materials on course schedules.
- 3Mandates annual reporting to Congress on student savings, adoption rates across institutions, and impacts on learning outcomes from open textbook implementation initiatives.
Impact Areas
college studentshigher education institutionsfaculty memberstextbook publishers
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