Lawmakers Appear To Near Voc.-Ed. Accord

By Peter West

Washington

Increased pressure from congressional leaders to complete work by late this month may lead to an agreement on legislation that would drastically reduce the number of federal vocational-education programs and give states more control over those programs, aides said last week.

Little progress has been made in resolving several thorny issues, the congressional aides said. But the leadership's push may give lawmakers, who return this week from a spring recess, an incentive to resolve the differences between House and Senate bills that have been in a conference...