EDUCATION BUDGET--Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Gardner, R-Madison, speaks while Senate President Richard Finan, left, R-Cincinnati, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Roy Ray, R-Akron, exchange glances during a news conference to unveil the Senate GOP version of the state budget for 2000-01, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 1, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)