SCHOOL FUNDING--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, gestures as he speaks with reporters concerning the House plan for funding schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 13, 2001. Finan said that he had not seen the plan and had not been contacted by House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SCHOOL FUNDING--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, goes through his appointment book in order to show reporters that he did not have any meetings scheduled with House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, this week. Householder said that he was to meet with Finan this week to brief him on the House version of a school-funding plan which the speaker unveiled yesterday. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

METHODISTS MOBILIZED--Tom Grey, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion, holds a penny slot game during a news conference concerning opposition to funding schools by legalizing electronic slot machines, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 13, 2001. The West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and the Ohio Council of Churches are opposed to placing the electronic devices at Ohio racetracks. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)