SB 49
From the 80(R) Session
Zaffirini
Tax-free Textbooks
Introduced: Referred to Higher Education
TAGS: textbooks, education
Username:    Password:   Forgot Password/Username
You must be logged-in and have sufficient BillHop credit in order to edit or comment on this page.
previous Latest Version next
previous Latest Version next
Updated by xax
on Nov 17, 2006 12:04:30

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

Be sure to look at the talking points tab above for further discussion of this bill

Additional Links


PIRG Report on Textbook costs
previous Version No. 2 next
This is an older version of this article.
Updated by xax
on Nov 17, 2006 12:03:14

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

Be sure to look at the talking points tab about for further discussion of this bill

Additional Links


PIRG Report on Textbook costs
previous Version No. 1 next
This is an older version of this article.
Updated by xax
on Nov 17, 2006 11:55:11

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

Additional Links


PIRG Report on Textbook costs

Related Documents

Please login to upload documents for this page.
Please login to embed videos on this page.
No one has commented on this bill yet.

Add a New Comment:

Subject:
Comment: