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From the 80th Legislature
SB 49
Tax-free Textbooks
Zaffirini
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Summary
This bill creates a two-week tax holiday for college textbooks at the begining of each full-term semester.
Background
PRG reports that textbook prices have increased at a rate 4 times the rate of inflation since 1994. The price of textbooks now represents a challenge to financially strained students
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PIRG Report on Textbook costs
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