Yet Albany lawmakers have preferred to provide oratory rather than action.

There is only one way to change the school system: Albany lawmakers have to act.

That leaves the responsibility for revamping the law with Albany lawmakers.

Albany lawmakers say there are two obvious ways to do that.

Albany lawmakers approved the bond issue over the summer without much debate, mostly because they had not left themselves time for any.

It is still possible that Albany lawmakers will be swayed by one or more of these arguments, from either side.

That money passes through state coffers but Albany lawmakers cannot touch it.

Some Albany lawmakers have said they will seek to revise the law to meet the court's objections.

I think that Albany lawmakers are reluctant to change these laws because they see no widespread public demand for reform.

That means Albany lawmakers mix the dollars with all other income, and it could end up anywhere.