CHARTER SCHOOL RALLY--Hundreds rally at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the state's proposed budget bill, that would cut funding to charter schools, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. The rally was sponsored by the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CHARTER SCHOOL RALLY--15 year-old Mark Fessel, of Akron, holds a sign as he joins hundreds at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the state's proposed budget bill, that would cut funding to charter schools, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Mark is a student at the Ohio Distance Electronic Learning Academy. The rally was sponsored by the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CHARTER SCHOOL RALLY--15 year-old Mark Fessel, center, of Akron, holds a sign as he joins hundreds at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the state's proposed budget bill, that would cut funding to charter schools, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Mark is a student at the Ohio Distance Electronic Learning Academy. The rally was sponsored by the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CHARTER SCHOOL RALLY--Margie Mederer, of Loraine County, applauds as she joins hundreds at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the state's proposed budget bill, that would cut funding to charter schools, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Ms. Mederer's son Brandon is a student at the Ohio Virtual Academy. The rally was sponsored by the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CHARTER SCHOOL RALLY--Parents, teachers and students attend a rally at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the state's proposed budget bill, that would cut funding to charter schools, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. The rally was sponsored by the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CHARTER SCHOOL RALLY--7 year-old Jasmine Kroll, of Beaver Creek, joins hundreds at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the state's proposed budget bill, that would cut funding to charter schools, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. The rally was sponsored by the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)