Lawsuit filed in Perry County Common Pleas Court by Southern Local and Northern Local school districts, which are in the county, along with the Lima, Youngstown and Dawson-Bryant school districts. A coalition representing more than 500 of Ohio's 611 school districts later joins the suit.
Trial opens in New Lexington.
Judge Linton D. Lewis Jr. rules Ohio's system of financing public schools unconstitutional. The state appeals Lewis' ruling to the Supreme Court. Ohio Supreme Court again rules 4-3 that state's system is unconstitutional. The court gave the state 13 months to fix the problem.