Districts Worry Year 2000 Glitch May Do a Number on Software

Politicians may hail the coming millennium as a time of hope and challenge, but at least one group of people--computer programmers--face the year 2000 with embarrassment.

Most software programs written during the past three decades--enabling school districts, businesses, and government agencies across the country to automate many essential operations--will cause an epidemic of data errors when that milestone year dawns if they are not corrected soon.

Some districts...