News in Brief: A Washington Roundup

District of Columbia high school students will be able to attend colleges in Maryland and Virginia at in-state tuition rates, under legislation signed by President Clinton on Nov. 12.

The bipartisan plan would allow Washington students to apply for federal grants of up to $10,000 per year to use toward the regular cost of out-of-state tuition at public universities in Maryland and Virginia, and up to $2,500 for private colleges in the two states, which border the District of Columbia.

Students must request the grants within three years of their high school graduation, unless they first serve in the military...