Full Text of HR1080 94th General Assembly
HR1080 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Postsecondary education is increasingly an | 3 |
| essential credential for success in the modern economy; and
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| WHEREAS, Affordability of a college degree is a growing | 5 |
| concern to students, families, and State policymakers; and
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| WHEREAS, The cost of textbooks is a substantial and | 7 |
| escalating burden for students; and
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| WHEREAS, Other states have undertaken legislative and | 9 |
| administrative measures to curtail the rising expense of | 10 |
| textbook purchases; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 |
| the Board of Higher Education, in conjunction with the Illinois | 14 |
| Community College Board and public universities and community | 15 |
| colleges, shall conduct a thorough and comprehensive study of | 16 |
| the cost and feasibility of implementing textbook rental | 17 |
| programs at public universities and community colleges; and be | 18 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall explore | 20 |
| the feasibility of various funding sources to establish a | 21 |
| revolving fund to finance start-up costs for textbook rental | 22 |
| programs at public universities and community colleges; and be | 23 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall examine | 25 |
| measures considered or adopted in other states, including the | 26 |
| unbundling of software or other supplementary materials from | 27 |
| the sale of textbooks; the public listing of titles, prices, | 28 |
| and ISBN numbers of required textbooks; and the disclosure of | 29 |
| textbook costs to faculty; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall | 2 |
| investigate the potential for technology to reduce textbook | 3 |
| costs, including online book swaps, an electronic | 4 |
| clearinghouse for the purchase of textbooks, and e-book | 5 |
| alternatives to published textbooks; and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall report | 7 |
| its findings and recommendations to the chairpersons of the | 8 |
| Higher Education and Higher Education Appropriations | 9 |
| Committees of the House of Representatives no later than August | 10 |
| 1, 2006; and be it further | 11 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 |
| delivered to the Governor, the chairperson of the Board of | 13 |
| Higher Education, the chairperson of the Illinois Community | 14 |
| College Board, and the president of each public university and | 15 |
| community college in this State.
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