IN 12.0 - Course Materials Affordability :

As required in RCW 28B.10.590, the Board of Trustees of Edmonds College, in collaboration with the college bookstore and student and faculty representatives, will ensure that:

The college bookstore (and bookstore operator, if externally contracted)

• Provide students the option of purchasing materials that are unbundled when possible, disclose to faculty and staff the costs to students of purchasing materials, and disclose publicly how new editions vary from previous editions;
• Actively promote and publicize book buy-back programs; 
• Disclose retail costs for course materials on a per-course basis to faculty and staff and make this information publicly available; and
• Disclose information to students on required course materials, including but not limited to title, authors, edition, price, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN) at least four weeks before the start of the class for which the materials are required. The chief academic officer may waive the disclosure requirement provided in this subsection, on a case-by-case basis, if students may reasonably expect that nearly all information regarding course materials is available four weeks before the start of the class for which the materials are required. The requirement provided in this subsection does not apply if the faculty member using the course materials is hired four weeks or less before the start of class; and

Faculty and staff members consider the least costly practices in assigning course materials, such as adopting the least expensive edition available, adopting free and open textbooks when available, and working with college librarians to put together collections of free online web and library resources when educational content is comparable, as determined by the faculty.

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