SCHOOL FUNDING--William Phillis, Executive Director, the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, gestures during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999. Phillis spoke about Plaintiffs' brief, filed with the Ohio Supreme Court, which argues that the state's method of funding public schools remains unconstitutional. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)