MEETING OF THE MINDS--Ohio House Education Committee members, from left, Jim Jordan, R-West Liberty, C. J. Prentiss, D-Cleveland, and Michael Fox, R-Hamilton, confer at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 23, 1997. All three had signed a letter to Acting Committe Chairman Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green, requesting a delay in voting SB 55 out of committee.

LISTENING TO THE SPEAKER--Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg, meets with Rep. Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green, Acting Chairman of the House Education Committee, in the House Chamber, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 23, 1997. Gardner later delayed an attempt to vote SB 55, which sets performance standards for public schools, out of committee until next week.