BACK TO SCHOOL-FUNDING--Ohio Senate Finance Committee Chairman Roy Ray, R-Akron, gestures as he questions minority leader Ben Espy, D-Columbus, concerning Espy's Plan B formula for funding the state's public schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997. To the left is Sen. Gary Suhadolnik, R-Strongsville.

ON TO PLAN B--Ohio Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy, D-Columbus, gestures as he presents school financing Plan B, to the Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997.

UNION STRIKES UNION--Inez Hott, a member of the Ohio Associate Staff Union, pickets in front of the Ohio Education Association building, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997. Hott's union, which represents secretarial, custodial, and technical support for the OEA, is joined in the strike, which began on Labor Day, by the Professional Staff Union, which helps negotiate contracts for teachers statewide.