THE A TEAM--Victorious Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding attorneys, from left: Susan Greenberger, Nicholas Pittner, Sue Yount and John Birath are all smiles as they head to their Bricker & Eckler Law building following the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling that the state's method of funding public education remains unconstitutional, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

STILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL--Nicolas Pittner, left, lead attorney in the DeRolph v. Ohio school-funding case is joined by William Phillis, center, executive director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, and coalition attorney John Birath as they read the Ohio Supreme Court's decision ruling that the state's method of funding public education remains unconstitutional, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SCHOOL FUNDING--William Phillis, executive director of The Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, moves charts into place prior to a news conference announcing its recommendations for rebuilding the state's public schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, April 20, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

BUILDING BRIDGES--Superintendent of Public Education Susan Tave Zelman gestures as she speaks about her optimism with Rep. William Hartnett, D-Mansfield, prior to testifying before the Joint Select Committee on School Funding and Accountability, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 20, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SCHOOL FUNDING--William Phillis, Executive Director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, goes over his notes while lead council Nicholas Pittner stands in the background, prior to a news conference , at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 8, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

INTENSE QUESTIONS--Rep. Peter Lawson Jones, D-Shaker Heights, gestures as he questions attorneys from the state during the opening session of the Joint Select Committee on School Funding and Accountability, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 15, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER--Sen. Roy Ray, R-Akron, appears to be resting his head on the shoulder of Sen. Robert Cupp, R-Lima, during a hearing of the Joint Committee on School Funding and Accountability, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 25, 2000. Actually Ray is confering with an unseen aide who is behind Cupp. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)