SCHOOL FUNDING--House Minority Leader Jack Ford, D-Toledo, left, and Senate Minority Leader Leigh Herington, D-Ravenna, exit Gov. Bob Taft's office after meeting with Taft, Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, and House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, to discuss a plan to fund public schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 27, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)