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State officials have quashed a New Jersey district's plan to award vouchers that would allow its high school students to attend private schools.

The 1,275-student Lincoln Park district, which approved its voucher plan in February, does not have its own high school but is responsible for its 325 high-school-age residents.

The district currently pays about $9,000 per student in tuition to a neighboring district. ( "N.J. District Proposes Vouchers For High Schoolers," Feb. 12, 1997.) At least 24 Lincoln Park students who will enter the 9th grade had signed up to use...