March 24, 2000

Senate Passes Bill to Extend Tuition Tax Breaks

By SARA HEBEL

The Senate has passed a $4.3-billion measure that includes tax benefits for parents saving money for postsecondary education, people who are paying back college loans, and employees who take graduate-level courses paid for by their employers.

Before agreeing to the bill (S. 1134), which passed this month by a vote of 61 to 37, senators unanimously adopted an amendment that would help AmeriCorps participants. That proposal, by Sen. John F. Kerry, a Democrat of

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