INTERESTED ONLOOKERS--Dale DeRolph, left, plantiff, and Nick Pittner, lead attorney in the DeRolph v. Ohio, school-funding case, attend a news conference held by the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, at the Ohio Theatre, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999. The Coalition released its "Basket of Essential Learning Resources for the 21st Century." The Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 16 to determine whether the state's method of funding public education has been remedied. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

LEARNING BASKET--William Phillis, Executive Director, The Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, holds a copy of a report tiltled "Basket of Essential Learning Resources for the 21st Century, during a news conference, at the Ohio Theatre, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SCHOOL FUNDING REFLECTION--Gov. Bob Taft is reflected in a mirror as he answers reporter's questions concerning school-funding, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999. Taft had just finished giving the keynote address for the opening of the Ohio Family and Children First Conference. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

ENTHUSIASTIC SPEECH--Gov. Bob Taft gestures as he makes the keynote address for the opening of the Ohio Family and Children First Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)