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 | | With 250,000 students spending between $300 and $400 per semester for books, waiving the 4 percent sales tax would cost the state $3 million to $4 million in revenue each time new classes begin, but provide some assistance to students and their parents, said University System Vice Chancellor Bill Bowes. |
 | | Bowes also recommended the board consider using the university system’s purchasing power, perhaps in collaboration with other states, to leverage lower textbook prices from national publishers. |
 | | The board, meeting in committees, did not act immediately on those recommendations, but informally approved a new policy giving Chancellor Thomas Meredith authority to set guidelines designed to ensure students have the broadest possible range of options and the lowest possible prices. |
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