California Education Code

§ 66407.5

EDC § 66407.5 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 5 · Title 3 · Part 40 · Ch. 6

Statute text

(a)The respective academic senates of the campuses of the California State University and the University of California, in collaboration with students and campus administrators, shall develop policies regarding required academic materials in order to encourage efforts to reduce redundancy in the delivery of academic materials, including, but not necessarily limited to, textbooks and access codes. The policies adopted pursuant to this section shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:

(1)Guidelines prioritizing the use of ancillary and additional academic platforms and materials, not including textbooks, already available to enrolled students that are determined by faculty to serve the requirements of a course of study at no additional cost to enrolled students on their campuses or to the campus itself.

(2)A requirement that the cost of academic materials from the current semester or quarter be provided to faculty members by the campus bookstore when academic materials are being chosen for an upcoming academic term, if available.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 261, Sec. 1. (AB 1914) Effective January 1, 2017.