SCHOOL FUNDING SUMMIT--Gov. Bob Taft, center, gestures as he is flanked by House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, left and Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, during a news conference concerning their plan to combine forces to reach a school-funding solution, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, March 19, 2001. Their body language indicates that they have a long way to go. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SCHOOL FUNDING SUMMIT--Gov. Bob Taft, center, gestures as he is flanked by House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, left and Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, during a news conference concerning their plan to combine forces to reach a school-funding solution, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, March 19, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)