May 28, 1999

Senate Panel Approves Education Tax Breaks

By SARA HEBEL

The Senate Finance Committee approved legislation last week that would create or extend several tax breaks to help students, parents, and employers pay or save for a college education.

The bill's prospects for enactment seem dim, however, because it also contains a provision that would let families spend money from education savings accounts on private secondary-school tuition, an idea that the Clinton

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