JB Pritzker, Governor, State of Illinois

College Course Materials Task Force

04/13/2022

Enacted in the summer of 2021, Public Act 102-0122 created the College Course Materials Affordability and Equitable Access Collaborative Study Act. The Act requires that a 23-member appointed college course materials (CCM) task force be formed, staffed by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC). It further requires that the CCM Task Force conduct "a collaborative college course materials affordability and equitable access study" to examine "the cost-saving methods and practices utilized by public and private institutions of higher learning in this State and throughout the United States for improving students' equitable first-day-of-class access to required course materials and conduct an affordability comparison of providing students' course materials, including digital learning tools." ISAC's Executive Director, Eric Zarnikow, was chosen to chair the CCM Task Force meeting by the members at the first meeting in March, and ISAC staff will provide administrative, technical, policy, and other support. Draft findings of the study and task force are required to be reported to the Governor, General Assembly, and ISAC by October 1, 2022. After a public review period, a final report is due to those same parties no later than March 31, 2023.

According to the Act, the Task Force shall establish and maintain a contact list of all members of the public who seek to be apprised of the work of the Task Force to allow for electronic notification of Task Force meetings, agendas, minutes, draft reports, reports, and other communications regarding the work of the Task Force. Task Force members and others involved in the early stages of assembling the Task Force were automatically subscribed to the CCM Task Force e-Messaging subscription group. As a result, you are receiving this message and don't need to do anything further to receive all future messages.

If you are aware of others who may be interested in being kept apprised of the Task Force's activity, please forward on this message and encourage them to subscribe by following the steps below. Task Force information is also accessible on the ISAC CCM Task Force webpage.

  1. Visit the Financial Aid Administrators (FAAs) e-Messaging page.
  2. Provide the required contact information.
  3. Check the box for the "College Coursework Materials Task Force – announcements & information about the work of the Task Force" subscription group.
  4. Click on the "Sign Up!" button that appears at the bottom of the page.

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to ISAC.CCMTaskForce@illinois.gov.

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