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 12 2 STA T .3 11 0PUBLIC LA W 110 – 31 5— AU G .1 4, 200 8‘ ‘ (2)foreach co u r s eorc l ass offere dbyt he in stitution for the subse q uent acade m ic p eriod — ‘‘( A ) the information required by subsection (d)( 1 ) for each colle g ete x tboo k or supplemental material required or recommended for such course or class ‘‘( B ) the number of students enrolled in such course or class; and ‘‘( C ) the maximum student enrollment for such course or class . ‘‘(f) A D D IT I ONALI N F O RM ATION.—An institution disclosing the information required by subsection (d)(1) is encouraged to dissemi - nate to students information regarding— ‘‘(1) a v ailable institutional programs for renting textbooks or for purchasing used textbooks; ‘‘(2) available institutional guaranteed textbook buy-back programs; ‘‘( 3 ) available institutional alternative content delivery pro- grams; or ‘‘( 4 ) other available institutional cost-saving strategies. ‘‘(g) G A OREP ORT.— N ot later than J uly 1 , 2 0 13, the Comptroller General of the U nited S tates shall report to the authori z ing commit- tees on the implementation of this section by institutions of higher education, college bookstores, and publishers. T he report shall particularly examine— ‘‘(1) the availability of college textbook information on course schedules; ‘‘(2) the provision of pricing information to faculty of institu- tions of higher education by publishers; ‘‘(3) the use of bundled and unbundled material in the college textbook marketplace, including the adoption of unbundled materials by faculty and the use of integrated text- books by publishers; and ‘‘(4) the implementation of this section by institutions of higher education, including the costs and benefits to such institutions and to students. ‘‘(h) R U LE OF CON S TRU C TION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to supercede the institutional autonomy or academic freedom of instructors involved in the selection of college textbooks, supplemental materials, and other classroom materials. ‘‘(i) NO RE G ULATOR Y AUT H ORITY.—The Secretary shall not promulgate regulations w ith respect to this section. ’ ’. (b) E FFECTI V E D ATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2010. SEC.1 1 3 . DAT A B ASE OF ST U DE N T I NFO RM ATION P RO H IBITED. P art C of title I (20 U.S.C. 101 5 ) is further amended by adding after section 133 (as added by section 112 of this Act) the following

‘SEC. 13 4 . DATABASE OF STUDENT INFORMATION PROHIBITED. ‘‘(a) PROHI B ITION.—Except as described in subsection (b), nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the development, implementation, or maintenance of a F ederal database of personally identifiable information on individuals receiving assistance under this Act, attending institutions receiving assistance under this Act, or otherwise involved in any studies or other collections of data under this Act, including a student unit record system, an education bar code system, or any other system that tracks individual students over time. 20USC1 01 5c. 20 USC 1015 bnote .

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