On February 4, 2022, the following statement about ZTC was shared by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office with the Board of Governors.
Zero Textbook Cost Program Strategy – The Chancellor’s Office is taking a deliberate approach to the unprecedented $115M budget appropriation for the development and implementation of Zero Textbook Cost degree and certificate programs (EDC 78050-78052). We will be creating a Task Force to examine systemic textbook affordability issues and recommend statutory, regulatory and/or policy changes. In the near term, the Chancellor’s Office will release a ZTC Implementation Grant Request for Applications this month that focuses on the creation of zero textbook degree and certificate programs.