Oregon Voters Reject Measure Needed for Prepaid-Tuition Plan

In an unusual setback for prepaid-tuition programs, Oregon voters rejected a ballot measure last month that was necessary to operate a prepayment program that lawmakers had authorized in 1997.

The measure, which failed by a margin of 10 percentage points, would have permitted Oregon officials to issue bonds to cover any revenue shortfalls that the prepayment program might experience and that the state could

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