Full Text of SR0692 94th General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 692
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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 SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Board of Higher | 13 |
| Education, in conjunction with the Illinois Community College | 14 |
| Board and public universities and community colleges, shall | 15 |
| conduct a thorough and comprehensive study of the cost and | 16 |
| feasibility of implementing textbook rental programs at public | 17 |
| universities and community colleges; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall explore | 19 |
| the feasibility of various funding sources to establish a | 20 |
| revolving fund to finance start-up costs for textbook rental | 21 |
| programs at public universities and community colleges; and be | 22 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall examine | 24 |
| measures considered or adopted in other states, including the | 25 |
| unbundling of software or other supplementary materials from | 26 |
| the sale of textbooks; the public listing of titles, prices, | 27 |
| and ISBN numbers of required textbooks; and the disclosure of | 28 |
| 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, for | 7 |
| each of the issues set forth for investigation in this | 8 |
| resolution: (1) solicit and report in its findings the views of | 9 |
| private entities that currently operate bookstores either on | 10 |
| behalf of or independent of one or more public universities or | 11 |
| community colleges in this State, including, but not limited | 12 |
| to, the National Association of College Stores, the Illinois | 13 |
| Retail Merchants Association, Follett Higher Education Group, | 14 |
| and other entities operating as campus bookstore managers; and | 15 |
| (2) solicit and report the views of textbook authors and | 16 |
| publishers, including, but not limited to, the Association of | 17 |
| American Publishers, the Association of American University | 18 |
| Presses, postsecondary textbook publishers, and faculty | 19 |
| representatives; and be it further; and | 20 |
| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education, the | 21 |
| Department of Revenue, and the Department of Commerce and | 22 |
| Economic Opportunity shall thoroughly assess and report in the | 23 |
| Board of Higher Education's findings the economic impact that | 24 |
| current textbook purchasing arrangements and that a textbook | 25 |
| rental program and other cost-saving alternatives would have on | 26 |
| public universities and community colleges, State government, | 27 |
| local governments, students, and private entities that | 28 |
| currently operate bookstores either on behalf of or independent | 29 |
| of one or more public universities or community colleges in | 30 |
| this State; and be it further | 31 |
| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall report | 32 |
| its findings and recommendations to the chairpersons of the | 33 |
| Higher Education and Appropriations III Committees of the |
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| Senate no later than January 15, 2007; and be it further | 2 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 |
| delivered to the Governor, the chairperson of the Board of | 4 |
| Higher Education, the chairperson of the Illinois Community | 5 |
| College Board, and the president of each public university and | 6 |
| community college in this State.
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