NEWS ADVISORY:
         STATE SEN. BEN ESPY TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION

	State Sen. Ben Espy, D-Columbus, will discuss equity within 
the public schools Wednesday (3/4) from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in 
the Edgar Dale Media Center, 260 Ramseyer Hall, 29 W. Woodruff 
Ave., on The Ohio State University Columbus campus.
	
	Espy, minority leader in the Ohio Senate and an Ohio State 
alumnus, has been influential in shaping legislative solutions to 
school finance issues resulting from the DeRolph decision.  He 
will meet with Ohio State students, faculty and staff in the 
fifth of a series of campus forums titled "The Future of Public 
Education in Ohio."

	The series is designed to provide an opportunity for 
students and policy-makers to air and debate public policy issues
related to education.  The forum is presented through PROBE
(Policy Research for Ohio Based Education), housed in the College
of Education.

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Contact:  Franklin B. Walter, PROBE, (614) 292-5249