| Passed by the House March 5, 2009 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 17, 2009 Yeas 44 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1025 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/02/09.
AN ACT Relating to cost savings on course materials; and amending RCW 28B.10.590.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 28B.10.590 and 2007 c 457 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The boards of regents of the state universities, the boards of
trustees of the regional universities and The Evergreen State College,
and the boards of trustees of each community and technical college
district, in collaboration with affiliated bookstores and student and
faculty representatives, shall adopt rules requiring that:
(a) Affiliated bookstores:
(i) Provide students the option of purchasing materials that are
unbundled when possible, disclose to faculty and staff the costs to
students of purchasing materials, and disclose publicly how new
editions vary from previous editions;
(ii) Actively promote and publicize book buy-back programs; ((and))
(iii) Disclose retail costs for course materials on a per course
basis to faculty and staff and make this information publicly
available; and
(iv) Disclose information to students on required course materials
including but not limited to title, authors, edition, price, and
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) at least four weeks before
the start of the class for which the materials are required. The chief
academic officer may waive the disclosure requirement provided in this
subsection (1)(a)(iv), on a case-by-case basis, if students may
reasonably expect that nearly all information regarding course
materials is available four weeks before the start of the class for
which the materials are required. The requirement provided in this
subsection (1)(a)(iv) does not apply if the faculty member using the
course materials is hired four weeks or less before the start of class;
and
(b) Faculty and staff members consider the least costly practices
in assigning course materials, such as adopting the least expensive
edition available, adopting free, open textbooks when available, and
working with college librarians to put together collections of free
online web and library resources, when educational content is
comparable as determined by the faculty ((and working closely with
publishers and local bookstores to create bundles and packages if they
deliver cost savings to students)).
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Materials" means any supplies or texts required or recommended
by faculty or staff for a given course.
(b) "Bundled" means a group of objects joined together by packaging
or required to be purchased as an indivisible unit.