{{About|the financial aid policy|the film|Pay It Forward (film)}}
Pay It Forward is a model for financing higher education under which students attend college tuition-free, and after graduating begin to pay a fixed percentage into a fund to pay for future students' tuition. Pay It Forward legislation was first passed by the Oregon state legislature in 2013.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/education/in-oregon-a-plan-to-eliminate-tuition-and-loans-at-state-colleges.html?_r=0</ref>
==History==
Pay It Forward was first proposed by the [[Economic Opportunity Institute]].<ref>http://www.stateofworkingwa.org/2012/pay-it-forward/index.htm</ref> The idea became the focus of a capstone class at [[Portland State University]], which hosted a legislative panel and presented a report to Oregon legislators on the model. A study bill on the program was sponsored by Rep. Michael Dembrow and passed unanimously in the Oregon legislature.
==External Links==
* [http://oregonwfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/SEDR-FInal-Report-FINAL.pdf The Problem of Student Debt in Oregon and the Path Forward]
