Education

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Former state Sen. Jeff King listens to a question from Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, R-Overland Park, during a meeting of a Senate committee on school funding Friday, May 12, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. Legislative leaders hired King, an attorney, to advise them as they draft an education funding plan designed to comply with a recent state Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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A yard sign supporting a $790 bond measure for the Portland Public Schools in Portland, Ore., is seen on May 9, 2017, in the lawn of a home that's just blocks from an elementary school that was built in 1925. The school bond measure would be the largest in state history. Proponents say the money is desperately needed to repair and update infrastructure at the city's schools, which last summer made national headlines after toxic levels of lead were found in school water fountains. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

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A yard sign supporting a $790 bond measure for the Portland Public Schools in Portland, Oregon, is seen on May 9, 2017, in the lawn of a home that's just blocks from an elementary school that was built in 1925. The school bond measure would be the largest in state history. Proponents say the money is desperately needed to repair and update infrastructure at the city's schools, which last summer made national headlines after toxic levels of lead were found in school water fountains. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

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FILE - In this May 31, 2016, file photo, a water fountain is covered because of lead in the drinking water at Creston Elementary School in Portland, Ore. An upcoming $790 bond measure for the Portland Public Schools would be the largest in state history. Proponents say the money is desperately needed to repair and update infrastructure at the city's schools, which last summer made national headlines after toxic levels of lead were found in school water fountains. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, file)

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A shot of Liberty University's 2016 commencement is seen here. Roughly 18,000 are expected to graduate on May 13 when President Trump gives the day's official address. (Liberty University)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - in this Thursday, April 20, 2017, photo, Heights Murray Elementary School teacher Mary Tranguch poses for a photo at the school in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Tranguch, a second grade teacher, knows first hand how minority students can benefit from having minority teachers. (Christopher Dolan/The Citizens' Voice via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, MAY 13, AND THEREAFTER – In this April 28, 2017, photo, Lee Ann Wentzel, center, superintendent of the Ridley School District, speaks with Kim Holdredge, left, and Sarah Messina during a graphic design class at Ridley High School in Folsom, Pa. School districts in Pennsylvania counties near Philadelphia have moved faster than the rest of the state, and the nation, in growing the roster of female school superintendents. Out of the 61 school districts in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties, 21 districts are run by women, or 34 percent, compared to less than 29 percent of school districts statewide. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

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In this April 18, 2017 photo, Charlie Schweinler and Celeste Battista listen to architect Jeanne Gang speak during a luncheon at Giovanni's Restaurant & Convention Center in Rockford, Ill. The 1982 Belvidere High School graduate, among the world's most esteemed architects, came home today to discuss her art with a crowd of more than 300 people. (Arturo Pernandez/Rockford Register Star via AP)

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This March 30, 2016, shows some of the produce grown in the local school's wood-heated aquaponics greenhouse in Naukati, Alaska. The state has released a new guidebook that other Alaska schools and community groups how to build greenhouses heated with a plentiful local resource, wood. (Colter Barnes via AP)

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Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown leaves the courthouse on Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla., after being found of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

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Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, third from left, leaves the courthouse on Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla., after being found of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

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In a Tuesday, May 2, 2017 photo, fourth graders listen to teacher Ashleigh Schrodi, head of the garden team, in the Parson's Patch garden at Parson Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nev. When documentary filmmakers, Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie, launched Green Our Planet, a crowdfunding platform based in Las Vegas but aimed at supporting projects anywhere in the world, It gave rise to the largest school garden program in the country. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

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In a Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, fresh lettuce is hawked by May Elementary students during a farmers market at Zappos headquarters, in Las Vegas, Nev. The event was sponsored by Green Our Planet, an organization that has overseen the development of more than 100 gardens at local schools to help teach STEM in schools. (( L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

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In a Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, students and teachers sell their wares grown in school gardens during a farmers market at Zappos headquarters in Las Vegas, Nev. The event was sponsored by Green Our Planet, an organization that has overseen the development of more than 100 gardens at local schools to help teach STEM in schools. (L.E. Baskow)/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

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In a Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Roger M. Bryan Elementary students bag another purchase during a farmers market at Zappos headquarters in Las Vegas, Nev. The event was sponsored by Green Our Planet, an organization that has overseen the development of more than 100 gardens at local schools to help teach STEM in schools. ((L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

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This May 10, 2017, photo provided by St. Cloud State University Athletic Media Relations, shows University of Minnesota-Crookston pitcher Parker Hanson pitching against Minnesota State during a college baseball game in St. Cloud, Minn. Hanson’s success could be measured in his 90-mph fastball, his nasty slider or his start that vaulted his college baseball team into the playoffs. Or it could be marked by what he’s missing. Hanson was born without a left hand, but found a way to adapt at a young age so he could pitch, field, bat and play the game he loved. (Tom Nelson/St. Cloud State University Athletic Media Relations via AP)

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This May 10, 2017, photo provided by St. Cloud State University Athletic Media Relations, shows University of Minnesota-Crookston pitcher Parker Hanson pitching against Minnesota State during a college baseball game in St. Cloud, Minn. Hanson’s success could be measured in his 90-mph fastball, his nasty slider or his start that vaulted his college baseball team into the playoffs. Or it could be marked by what he’s missing. Hanson was born without a left hand, but found a way to adapt at a young age so he could pitch, field, bat and play the game he loved. (Tom Nelson/St. Cloud State University Athletic Media Relations via AP)

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A 14-year-old at Rockville High School said she was raped by two illegal immigrant students. The charges were dismissed, but the boys now face child pornography charges for an explicit video the girl sent them, although she has not been charged for sending it. (Associated Press)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Itza Ayala poses for a photo at a park in Houston on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. When school administrators didn't investigate her 15-year-old daughter's alleged sexual assault by another student, she says, her family turned to the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights. The office has struggled to keep up with an increase in complaints against school districts. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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