BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2203
Author: Solorio (D)
Amended: 8/9/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/30/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Emmerson, Hancock, Liu,
Price, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 4/29/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : College textbooks
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the California State
University Trustees and requests the University of
California Regents to review and revise their respective
transfer policies to ensure that students may continue to
use a textbook selected for a transfer or general education
course for long as the information contained is current and
reflects contemporary thinking in the discipline.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/9/10 make technical and
clarifying changes.
ANALYSIS : Current law requires the Trustees of the
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California State University and the Board of Governors of
the California Community College, and requests the
University of California Regents, to work with their
academic senates to encourage faculty to give consideration
to the least costly practices in assigning textbooks,
adopting the least expensive edition when the educational
content is equal, and using a selected textbook as long as
it is educationally sound as determined by the appropriate
faculty.
Current law also requires publishers, beginning January 1,
2010 to print on the outer cover of textbooks a summary of
the substantive content differences between the new and
prior editions.
This bill requires the California State University
Trustees, and requests the University of California Regents
to review and revise their respective transfer policies to
ensure that faculty may choose to use a textbook selected
for a transfer or general education course for as long as
the information contained is current and reflects
contemporary thinking in the discipline.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/9/10)
University of California
California State University
Community College League of California
University of California Student Association
California State Student Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
community college faculty is concerned that they need to
update their course materials more often than necessary in
order to fully comply with articulation agreements.
Although there is a process to seek waivers from the
requirement, the process is burdensome, not guaranteed, and
thus is rarely pursued. As a result, opportunities for
students to sell or trade their textbooks are significantly
reduced. In addition, students are forced to buy new,
expensive editions at a time when they are facing
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significantly higher fees.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,
Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Caballero, Jones, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Torrico
PQ:nl 8/10/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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