Conferees at Impasse Over Tuition Vouchers for D.C. Schools

By Peter Schmidt

Washington

Congressional leaders have agreed to most of a broad plan to reform the District of Columbia schools, but remained at an impasse last week over a tuition-voucher proposal championed by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.

The proposed education reforms are to be included in legislation that will set the 1996 budget for the capital city and its public school system. The House and Senate have each passed separate appropriations bills, with the House version calling for far...