The
California state senate just approved the CALPIRG sponsored College Textbooks
Affordability Act at a vote of 24-14. This law will make textbooks cheaper for students by making price a factor when faculty are choosing between different books. Right now publishers do not disclose the price of books and so most faculty choose textbooks for their classes without keeping cost in mind. This new law will require publishers disclose the information about all their books so that faculty can make a decision with cost in mind. The bill heads to the assembly higher education committee next.
