Bill > HR2107

This bill, the Affordable College Textbook Act, aims to expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students and improve textbook price information. It directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that increase the use of open textbooks, which are educational resources that are freely available for use, reuse, modification, and sharing. The bill also requires colleges to provide more information about textbook prices and whether materials are open educational resources. Additionally, the bill calls for a Government Accountability Office report on the implementation of these textbook pricing disclosure requirements and the impact of open textbooks on costs and student learning outcomes.