REBUILDING OHIO'S SCHOOLS--Gov. Bob Taft gestures during a news conference where he unveiled a twelve-year plan for rebuilding the state's schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999. Taft's plan would provide $10.2 billion in direct aid including $2.4 billion over 12 years from Ohio's tobacco settlement funds. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)