261.7 - TEXTBOOK NOTICE -- LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND RECOMMENDATION.
261.7 TEXTBOOK NOTICE -- LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND
RECOMMENDATION.
1. In order to promote consumer choice and lower the costs of
textbooks in higher education, the general assembly intends that
students enrolled in institutions of higher learning have access to
appropriate textbook information prior to the start of classes, with
adequate time to pursue alternative purchase avenues.
2. The general assembly recommends that every public and private
institution of higher education in this state, including those
institutions referenced in chapters 260C and 262 and section 261.9,
post the list of required and suggested textbooks for all courses and
the corresponding international standard book numbers for such
textbooks at least fourteen days before the start of each semester or
term, to the extent possible, at the locations where textbooks are
sold on campus and on the website for the respective institution of
higher education.
3. The college student aid commission is directed to convey the
legislative intent and recommendation contained in this section to
every institution of higher education in the state registered
pursuant to chapter 261B at least once a year. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1146, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, § 125