Precollege Option Eyed for Service Proposal

By Mark Pitsch

WASHINGTON--President-elect Bill Clinton's national-service proposal will likely include--and perhaps emphasize--an option allowing high school graduates to participate in the program in exchange for college tuition, according to members of the transition team and others who have helped shape the plan.

The addition of such a facet would represent a significant expansion of the program Mr. Clinton described during his Presidential campaign.

While on the stump, Mr. Clinton spoke only of creating a "national service trust'' under which college graduates would pay off their federal-loan debts by serving...