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"Pasadena City College now offers zero-cost textbook classes this winter 2018 semester to make it easier for students to continue their education without having to purchase expensive textbooks and references.

The college has taken action to implement the initiative as part of the College Textbook Affordability Act passed in 2015 by the state legislature to create an option for faculty to teach a course that would not require textbooks, according to the PCC Courier student newspaper.

Beginning at the Winter 2018 intersession, PCC students are able to search the course catalog for classes that only use zero-cost textbooks, the Courier said. The policy applies to not only traditional classes, but also online classes. These classes will utilize only open educational resources (OER) available for free online.

The bill was established to make achieving an education easier for students who find difficulty in affording textbooks."