CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1025

Chapter 241, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



HIGHER EDUCATION--COURSE MATERIALS--DISCLOSURE--COSTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House March 5, 2009
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 17, 2009
  Yeas 44   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

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.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 28, 2009, 3:38 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 29, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1025
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By House Education Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Upthegrove, and Wallace)

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.


         Passed by the House March 5, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 17, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 28, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 29, 2009.