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Rh 1995 and 1997 legislation as well as Amendment 74 have brought the state into constitutional compliance.

[37] With regard to retroactive funding, Lake View's argument suffers from lack of specificity and citation to authority. We, again, observe that we will not develop an appellant's argument for it or do an appellant's legal research on a point raised. See Holt v. Wagner, supra.

This point has no merit, and we affirm the trial court.

g. Remedies
[38] Lake View argues generally that the trial court should have ordered specific remedies against the State. What Lake View appears to be arguing is that the trial court should have directed the State to take specific steps to render school funding constitutional. We, however, do not see that as the trial court's or this court's function. Development of the necessary educational programs and the implementation of the same falls more within the bailiwick of the General Assembly and the Department of Education. The Ohio Supreme Court acknowledged the different functions in the branches of government regarding remedies when it said: "[W]e recognize that the proper scope of our review is limited to determining whether the current system meets constitutional muster [and we] refuse to encroach upon the clearly legislative function of deciding what the new legislation will be." DeRolph v. State, 78 Ohio St. 3d at 213, n.9, 677 N.E.2d at 747. ''See also Tennessee Small Sch. Sys. v. McWherter, supra (affirming trial court's holding that the appropriate remedy should be fashioned by the General Assembly); Brigham v. State, supra'' (holding that the court's duty was solely to define the impact of the State Constitution on educational funding, not to fashion and impose a remedy; "The remedy at this juncture properly lies with the Legislature.") The trial court's role and this court's role, as previously discussed in this opinion, are limited to a determination of whether the existing school-funding system satisfies constitutional dictates and, if not, why not.