REBUILDING OHIO'S SCHOOLS--Gov. Bob Taft gestures during a news conference where he unveiled a twelve-year plan for rebuilding the state's schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999. Taft's plan would provide $10.2 billion in direct aid including $2.4 billion over 12 years from Ohio's tobacco settlement funds. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TWELVE YEAR PLAN--Gov. Bob Taft goes over figures with House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg, during a news conference where he unveiled a twelve-year plan for rebuilding the state's schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999. Taft's plan would provide $10.2 billion in direct aid including $2.4 billion over 12 years from Ohio's tobacco settlement funds. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

WHEN THE SPEAKER SPEAKS--Gov. Bob Taft and reporters listen as House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg, gives her spin on Taft's twelve-year $10.2 billion plan to rebuild the state's schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999. Davidson said that she thought the plan would do well in the House. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)