HB 375: "An Act relating to postsecondary educational institutions, teachers at postsecondary educational institutions, and the textbooks and related materials selected or used by postsecondary educational institutions or by teachers at postsecondary educational institutions."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 375 01 "An Act relating to postsecondary educational institutions, teachers at postsecondary 02 educational institutions, and the textbooks and related materials selected or used by 03 postsecondary educational institutions or by teachers at postsecondary educational 04 institutions." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 14.48 is amended by adding a new section to read: 07 Sec. 14.48.065. Textbooks. (a) A postsecondary educational institution may 08 not select a textbook for a class unless, before the selection is made, the textbook 09 publisher provides the postsecondary educational institution with 10 (1) a summary of the differences in substance in the content between 11 the textbook and the previous edition, if any, of the textbook; and 12 (2) the copyright dates of all previous editions of the textbook. 13 (b) A postsecondary educational institution may not select a textbook for a 14 class unless, before the selection is made, the textbook publisher provides, if requested
01 by the postsecondary educational institution, the estimated date, if imminent, when a 02 new edition of the textbook will be available and the current edition will not be offered 03 for sale any longer. 04 (c) A postsecondary educational institution may not select a textbook for a 05 class unless, before the selection is made, the textbook publisher, if requested by the 06 postsecondary educational institution, provides the postsecondary educational 07 institution with pricing and other relevant sale information on all of the marketing 08 packages that the publisher offers for sale that contain the textbook being considered. 09 (d) A postsecondary educational institution may not receive anything of value 10 for selecting a textbook for a class, except, if the postsecondary educational institution 11 complies with the postsecondary educational institution's written policies on conflicts 12 of interest and compensation, 13 (1) complimentary copies of the textbook; 14 (2) royalties derived from writing or producing other intellectual 15 property; 16 (3) honoraria for academic peer review of material; and 17 (4) training in the use of teaching aids. 18 (e) This section does not apply to self-published textbooks used by the author 19 in the author's class, if the self-publishing is disclosed to the postsecondary 20 educational institution and the students in the class. 21 (f) In this section, 22 (1) "marketing package" means a bundling of a textbook and items 23 related to the textbook, including an electronic version of the textbook or learning 24 aids; 25 (2) "postsecondary educational institution," in addition to the meaning 26 given in AS 14.48.210, includes the teachers of a postsecondary educational 27 institution; 28 (3) "self-published" means produced, including producing multiple 29 copies, by the author without the use of a publisher; 30 (4) "textbook" means a textbook that is copyrighted on or after 31 January 1, 2011.