Capital Digest

President Clinton last week signed a spending bill for fiscal 1994 that includes $28.8 billion for Education Department programs. The action came after the Senate gave final approval to the measure.

Senators voted 80 to 15 to pass the $261.2 billion measure that will fund the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education departments. The House approved the conference report earlier in the month.

House and Senate conferees agreed to grant $24.3 billion for discretionary education programs, roughly $667 million more than in 1993. Of that amount, $250 million will help defray a $1.2 billion shortfall in...