Bill · H.R. 6686· House(119-HR-6686)
No Cost Educational Resources Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 12/12/2025
- Last activity
- 12/12/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Sponsored by
- Bill Foster
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The No Cost Educational Resources Act of 2025 seeks to amend the Museum and Library Services Act. This amendment authorizes the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to provide grants to institutions of higher education. These grants are intended to support courses that use only open educational reading materials. Such materials are defined as free digital texts that can be downloaded and redistributed. The bill specifically targets science, technology, engineering, and math courses.
Yes· 3 of 6
Would students be better off under this?+7
The bill specifically aims to save students money by replacing required purchased readings with free digital texts.
Does this make college cost less?+7
The bill provides grants to support courses that use free, digital, and redistributable reading materials instead of purchased texts.
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+6
The bill prioritizes institutions with high numbers of low-income students to facilitate the use of free course materials.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Reduced Costs for Students: The bill aims to facilitate the use of free digital texts that are publicly available to be downloaded and redistributed (Section 2, subsection d, paragraph 1, subparagraph A). This is intended to save students money compared to courses where readings must be purchased (Section 2, subsection d, paragraph 4, subparagraph C).
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Support for Diverse Student Populations: The Director is directed to give priority to institutions that enroll a high number of low-income or minority students (Section 2, subsection d, paragraph 3, subparagraph A).
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Resource Availability in STEM: The grant focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses (Section 2, subsection d, paragraph 1, subparagraph B) and encourages the use of these materials in high-enrollment courses (Section 2, subsection d, paragraph 3, subparagraph B, clause iii).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts or burdens are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Students+7Good For Low Income Households+6Good For Young Adults+5
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Racial Equity+5Improves Poverty Reduction+3
- Education And Technology
- Improves College Affordability+7
- 1/7/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 12/12/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Introduced in House
André CarsonDemocrat · Indiana