SCHOOL FUNDING--Ohio House Finance Committee Chairman Thomas Johnson, R-New Concord, gestures as he questions a witness concerning school funding, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 10, 1997. To the left is Rep. Ron Amstutz, R-Wooster.

COALITION POINT MAN--William Phillis, Exec. Director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding , listens to testimony during a hearing of the House Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 10, 1997.

THE ANTI-TAXMAN--Scott Pullins, Exec. Dir. of the National Taxpayers Union of Ohio, gestures as he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 9, 1997. Pullins is opposed to raising taxes to solve the school funding problem in Ohio.