FOOD FOR THOUGHT--State Rep. Frank Sawyer, D-Butler, reads over an amendment that is part of the latest republican plan for financing schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Aug.2, 1997. Sawyer is a minority member of the House Finance Committee.

THE POLITICS OF SCHOOL FUNDING--Ohio Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy, D-Columbus, gestures as he speaks with reporters outside the House Finance Committee room, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 1997. The House remains divided over a plan for funding Ohio Schools.