WANTS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT--David Zanotti, Pres. of the Ohio Round Table Freedom Forum, gestures as he testifies before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 16, 1997. Zanotti is for a constitutional amendment that would remove the Supreme Court from the school funding equation.

WHAT'S BEST FOR EDUCATION ?--Robert Wehling, Co-Chair of Ohio's BEST, gestures as he testifies before the Ohio House Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 16, 1997. Wehling is Senior Vice Pres. of the Cincinnati based Procter & Gamble Company. BEST stands for Building Excellent Schools for Today & the 21st Century.

KEEPING TABS ON SCHOOLS--State Auditor James Petro gestures, as he answers questions from reporters, following his testimony before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee, concerning school funding, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 16, 1997.

SAYS THAT CHILDREN NEED ART--Georgann Blair, an art teacher at North Ridgeville High School, scratches an imaginary blackboard, as she testifies before the Ohio House Education Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 16, 1997.