May 28, 1999

Oregon Legislator Proposes Letting Freshmen Erase Bad First-Term Grades

An Oregon lawmaker has the answer to some freshmen's prayers.

State Rep. Mike Lehman, a Democrat from Coos Bay, has drafted a bill to let students erase any record of their first term of college if they earned a grade-point average below 2.0.

Mr. Lehman told the House Education Committee that, just as adults can declare bankruptcy, college students who stumble during their first semester should get a

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