Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT BANNING AND CRIMINALIZING THE "COMMERCIALIZATION OF TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS" IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
Date filed
February 16, 2009
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05944 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT BANNING AND CRIMINALIZING THE "COMMERCIALIZATION OF TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS" IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to abate, if not stop, the practice of some instructors and professors, doubling as authors of textbooks in many state universities and colleges (SUCs), of requiring students to buy their textbooks and to tear off the page where test/examination exercises are printed, fill it up and submit it as part of their grading system. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : CHAVEZ, LEONILA V. |
| DATE FILED : 2009-02-16 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ON 2009-02-18 |
Abstract
Seeks to abate, if not stop, the practice of some instructors and professors, doubling as authors of textbooks in many state universities and colleges (SUCs), of requiring students to buy their textbooks and to tear off the page where test/examination exercises are printed, fill it up and submit it as part of their grading system.
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