Oregon moved to open access for hundreds of students who experienced homelessness by deploying a tuition waiver pathway that removes a key barrier when students fail early courses. A University of Oregon student described how failing two freshman spring courses created a bill that PathwayOregon could not fully cover, particularly because repeats weren’t included. After the waiver expansion, students who had been at risk of losing access to required repeat coursework can instead continue toward degree progress without facing immediate tuition gaps. The development targets student retention and credit completion—issues that often drive stop-out and enrollment instability. For state aid administrators and institutional financial-aid offices, the change is a reminder that scholarship design must account for course repeats, not just initial enrollment.