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Pay it forward

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By Maureen Downey

Under a “pay it forward” concept, Oregon is considering a plan that would spare public college students any tuition bills while in school. Instead, students would start paying back the state once they began working and earning paychecks.

 The “pay it forward” concept will be fleshed out by the Oregon Higher Education Coordination Commission, which has two years to figure out the details, including how to initially fund the $9 billion startup cost.

In hearings, proponents said students with an undergraduate degree would on average have to turn over