A Report on the Feasibility of Textbook Rental - IBHE

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ColoradoHouse Bill 1024 was signed into law on June 1, 2006. The law will require the governingboard of each higher education institution to consider implementing an online textbook library sostudents may purchase only materials needed for the applicable coursework. Creation andimplementation of the online library is at the discretion of the governing boards. According to theColorado Legislative Council, House Bill 1024 has no fiscal impact to the state but may have animpact on some institutions.ConnecticutPublic Act 06-103 (HB 5527) was enacted on June 2, 2006. It requires publishers toprovide faculty members with the publisher list price of course material sold to collegebookstores. In addition, the Act requires publishers to disclose the revision history of coursematerial to faculty members. The Public Act also requires the Board of Trustees of theCommunity–Technical Colleges, Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System,and the Board of Trustees for the University of Connecticut to establish a policy that eitherrequires the distribution of financial aid to students by the first day of the academic term orpermits students to use aid not yet disbursed for textbooks at campus bookstores during the firstweek of the academic term. According to the Connecticut Office of Fiscal Analysis, Public Act06-103 has no fiscal impact on the state.VirginiaHouse Bill 1478 was signed into law on April 4, 2006. The bill requires governing boardsof public institutions of higher education to establish guidelines, policies, and procedures thatminimize textbook costs while ensuring academic freedom and quality education.The guidelines to minimize textbook costs include the following five provisions:1. faculty must submit lists of their required textbooks to the university bookstore insufficient time to enable the bookstore to find used textbooks;2. faculty must confirm the intent to use all items ordered before the adoption process iscomplete, and if the intent is not to use all the bundled items then the bookstore mustorder the materials separately when it is cost effective;3. faculty must affirmatively acknowledge the bookstore’s quoted retail textbook price;4. faculty are encouraged to limit the use of new editions when there is not significantchanges between editions;5. policies should include conditions for the availability of required textbooks to studentsunable to financially obtain the textbooks.WashingtonWashington’s House Bill 3087 was enacted June 7, 2006. The Washington Legislaturefound that bundled materials are “unnecessary” since many students do not use all bundledmaterials and that many faculty and staff members select course materials “uninformed” of theretail cost and variation between versions. The bill will provide cost-savings on course materialsfor students at Washington’s regional universities, state universities, and the Evergreen StateCollege. According to the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, House Bill 3087will have no fiscal impact to the state. The five primary provisions of the bill are:-22-
1. provide the option of purchasing unbundled materials to students, when possible;2. disclose the difference between editions to students and faculty;3. promote and publicize textbook buy-back programs;4. make retail costs on a per course basis publicly available to students and faculty; and5. faculty and staff members must consider the least costly practices in assigning coursematerials.TEXTBOOK RENTAL PROGRAMSExisting Rental Programs in the United StatesTextbook rental is not a new concept to postsecondary institutions in the United States,though it is the exception rather than the rule. Approximately 25 postsecondary institutionsnationwide – less than one percent of degree-granting colleges and universities – currentlyprovide some type of textbook rental to their students. Textbook rental programs vary among theinstitutions, and the majority of rental programs have been in existence since the inception of theinstitutions. Among the institutions with textbook rental programs are:• Allen County Community College (KS)• Appalachian State University (NC)• Central Missouri State University (MO)• Eastern Illinois University (IL)• Frontier Community College (IL)• Highland Community College (KS)• Lake Land College (IL)• Lincoln College (IL)• Missouri Southern State University (MO)• Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell (OK)• Rend Lake College (IL)• Southeast Missouri State University (MO)• Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond (LA)• Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (IL)• Taft Community College (CA)• Three Rivers Community College (MO)• University of North Alabama (AL)• University of Wisconsin, Barron County (WI)• University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (WI)• University of Wisconsin, La Crosse (WI)• University of Wisconsin, Platteville (WI)• University of Wisconsin, River Falls (WI)• University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point (WI)• University of Wisconsin, Stout (WI)• University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (WI)• Western Carolina University (NC)-23-
Page 1 and 2: A Report on the Fe
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Page 5 and 6: Estimated Textbook Rental Cost Per
Page 7 and 8: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYGrowing apprehensi
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Page 11 and 12: ConclusionTextbook rental programs
Page 13 and 14: INTRODUCTIONAcross the nation, the
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universities and the largest univer
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separately and be stuck with any co
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supports informed decision making.
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more used books benefits both the b
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Comments submitted on IBHE website:
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