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ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.

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Textbooks and Open Source

State Initiatives Regarding Electronic or Open Source Textbooks PDF - A growing number of states are using legislation as a means of enabling the use of electronic or open source textbooks. This ECS StateNote examines the differences between e-textbooks and open-source textbooks and takes a look at related action in several states. (Noe Cisneros, Education Commission of the States, September 2009)...

State Textbook Adoption MS Word PDF - This ECS Statenote provides information on how textbooks are selected in each state and whether or not states have free textbook provisions. Also included are the legislative language and code citation on textbook selection and provision for all states. (Kyle Zinth, ECS, January 2005)...

From the ECS State Policy Database: Textbooks and Open Source - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

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