Public postsecondary education: University of California: California State University: electronic textbooks.

Existing law establishes the system of public postsecondary education in the state, which includes the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University. Existing law urges publishers of textbooks specifically designed for postsecondary instruction to take specified actions aimed at reducing the amounts that students pay for textbooks, including providing to faculty and departments considering textbook orders a list of all the different products the publisher sells. This bill would require the California State University, and request the University of California, to offer discounted electronic textbook rentals to their students for each textbook assigned in a course, if the content of the electronic and printed versions of the textbook are the same.