SCHOOL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS--R. Gregory Browning, Chairman of the Ohio School Funding Task Force, presents the Task Force's recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 8, 1997.

EXPERT WITNESS--John Augenblick gestures as he testifies before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 8, 1997. Augenblick is a Denver-based consultant who developed the method for calculating the per-pupil cost of a public school education. The Ohio Supreme Court, in DeRolph v. Ohio, has ruled that the state must find a more equitable method of funding public schools.

DID YOU SAY TAXES?--Ohio State Sen. Eugene Watts, R-Galloway, gestures as he questions Ohio School Funding Task Force Chairman Gregory Browning, concerning the Task Force's recommendations, during a public hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 8, 1997. Watts pledged during the last election that he would not vote for increased taxes, however part of the recommendation put forth by the Task Force calls for an increase in the state sales tax, cigarette tax, and business property tax.