SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS--Senate Finance Committee Chairman Roy Ray, R-Akron, speaks with reporters following a meeting of his committee concerning school funding, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1998. The funding package, which would be part of the 1999 budget, cleared the House and was thought to be ready for a Senate vote on Thursday, however Ray said that his committee was in no hurry to rush the process.