Education Budget Generally Received Well, But Critical Gaps Cited

By Mark Pitsch

WASHINGTON President Bush's $32.3-billion education budget for fiscal year 1993 has gotten a comparatively positive reception on Capitol Hill and in the education community, where a decade of Republican budgets have routinely been declared "dead on arrival."

"As a starting point, this is probably the best budget we've seen in a long time," said an aide to Representative William H. Natcher, the Kentucky Budget tables, pages 24-25.

Democrat who chairs the House Labor, Health and Human...