SCHOOL FUNDING GAP--William Phillis, Executive Director, The Ohio Coalitaion for Equity & Adequacy, points toward a chart during a news conference concerning the condition of the state's public school buildings, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, April 10, 2000. The Ohio Supreme Court is expected to rule soon whether the state has fixed its method of funding of public schools which was ruled unconstitutional in 1997. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)