OPPOSES TAX INCREASE--State Rep. Robert Netzley, R-Laura, gestures as he questions a witness testifying before the House Finance Committee, concerning the latest school-funding plan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Jan. 30, 1998. Netzley and other conservatives oppose an additional half-cent sales tax to fund public education.

NOT A GOOD REPORT CARD--William Phillis, Executive Dir. of The Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy Of School Funding, stands next to a report card grading the Legislature's latest school-funding plan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Jan. 30, 1998.