I think at Yale we just have to get book info to students at least two weeks before classes start. Connie

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On Sep 28, 2012, at 8:49 PM, "Kurt Schulzke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The regulation says, in essence, that you're supposed to choose textbooks by the deadline but allows for exceptions in case the instructor needs more time to choose. I'll dig out my message from a couple of years ago on this topic. University bookstores trot out this trope to intimidate faculty into ordering the books early.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Boedecker" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 8:27:06 PM
> Subject: Federal Regulation Re Textbook Orders?
> 
> Our administration states that "federal regulations" require
> submission of our textbook orders for the Spring 2013 by November 1st.
> 
> 1. Have any of you been so informed along with a request to submit
> textbook orders for an upcoming semester?
> 
> 2. Do any of you know of such a legal or regulatory requirement? I
> have looked at 20 USCA 1015b and a "Dear Colleague" letter on the U.S.
> Department of Education website dated December 2008 from a Deputy
> Assistant Secretary that "summarizes" the Higher Education Opportunity
> Act. I have found nothing so far in the Code of Federal Regulations.
> 
> By the way, 20 USCA 1015b (i) states: "No regulatory authority. The
> Secretary shall not promulgate regulations with respect to this
> section."
> 
> Please let me know if I've missed anything.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Karl Boedecker
> Professor of Business Administration
> University of San Francisco