S 740
Affordable College Textbook Act
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US Congress
Session
119th Congress (2025-2026)
Last updated at
Jun 14, 2026, 8:35 AM
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The Affordable College Textbook Act aims to reduce the cost of college textbooks for students by promoting the use of open educational resources. It establishes a grant program for colleges and universities to adopt and create open textbooks, which are freely available educational materials. The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to report on the cost of textbooks and the factors influencing their prices, and it amends existing law to clarify definitions related to open educational resources and textbook price transparency.
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