Senate Adds $1.3 Billion in School Aid to Bill

By Robert C. Johnston

Washington

The Senate added $1.3 billion in federal school aid as the chamber moved toward approval of a broad spending package last week, inching Congress closer to wrapping up a grueling fiscal 1996 appropriations cycle.

But the battle is not over, as the Senate plan is a far cry from a companion House bill passed March 7. The House bill would provide $1.8 billion more for the Department of Education than an earlier House bill that included deep cuts in education spending, but $1.4 billion of that would be contingent on a long-term budget deal between Congress and the White House. (See Education...