Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 456

Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson

February 23, 2015

An act begin insert to add Section 66411 to the Education Code, end insert relating to public postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 456, as amended, Patterson. Public postsecondary education: University of California: California State University: electronic textbooks.

Existing law establishes the system of public begin delete higher end delete begin insert postsecondary end insert education in the state, which includes the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University. begin insert Existing law urges publishers of textbooks specifically designed for postsecondary instruction to take specified actions aimed at reducing the amounts that students pay for textbooks, including providing to faculty and departments considering textbook orders a list of all the different products the publisher sells. end insert

This bill would begin delete declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would end delete require the California State University, and request the University of California, to offer discounted electronic textbook rentals begin insert to their students end insert for begin delete all textbooks end delete begin insert each textbook end insert assigned in begin delete courses, end delete begin insert a course, end insert if the content of the electronic and printed versions of begin delete a end delete begin insert the end insert textbook are the same.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 66411 is added to the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert ,
to read: end insert

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begin insert 66411. end insert   

The California State University shall, and the University
of California is requested to, offer discounted electronic textbook
rentals to their students for each textbook assigned in a course, if
the content of the electronic and printed versions of the textbook
are the same.

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the California State University, and
request the University of California, to offer discounted electronic
textbook rentals for all textbooks assigned in courses, if the content
of the electronic and printed versions of a textbook are the same.

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