Budget Battle May Hold High Stakes for Education

By Mark Pitsch

WASHINGTON--An upcoming battle over budgetary rules is likely to determine how well education programs fare in fiscal 1993 before a single appropriations bill is introduced--and it appears that advocates for increased domestic spending ultimately will lose.

Billions of dollars in education funding are potentially at stake in the debate, which opens this week, over whether to revamp the Budget Enforcement Act.

The 1990 agreement crafted by the White House and the Congress sets limits on defense, domestic, and international spending, and...