Capital Digest

The National Citizens Commission on African-American Education has called for an infusion of more than $3 billion in federal funds annually for education.

The commission proposed last week that the money be available to school districts in which at least 10 percent of the students are eligible for the federal free-lunch program.

The commission also called for the creation on an Institute for At-Risk Students to provide technical assistance to the nation's 100 poorest districts, for the establishment of experimental schools in those districts, as well as a one-time appropriation of $1 billion in fiscal 1992 to help them meet non-recurring expenses...