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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, University of California President Janet Napolitano attends a University of California Board of Regents meeting, in San Francisco. California's auditor says top University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public and lawmakers in a secret reserve fund even as the UC raised tuition and asked the state for more funding. In a scathing report released Tuesday, April 25, 2017, Auditor Elaine Howle says the office of UC President Janet Napolitano created an undisclosed budget over four years to spend the hidden money with little or no oversight. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos hugs students at Ashland Elementary School in Manassas, Va., Tuesday, April 25, 2017, where many children’s parents serve in the military, during a visit of the school in recognition of the Month of the Military Child. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos meets with students at Ashland Elementary School in Manassas, Va., Tuesday, April 25, 2017, where many children’s parents serve in the military, during a visit of the school in recognition of the Month of the Military Child. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reads to students at Ashland Elementary School in Manassas, Va., Tuesday, April 25, 2017, where many children’s parents serve in the military, during a visit of the school in recognition of the Month of the Military Child. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)
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In this April 3, 2017 photo, Lutheran School Association Principal Allison Nolen and student Jared Gregory add the latest donations of birthday gifts and party items to those given by Lutheran School Association students for the Northeast Community Fund in Decatur, Ill. When a family is having financial problems and cutting expenses, one of the first things to go is birthday parties. The LSA decided to help out Northeast Community Fund by collecting items for "birthday bags." The bags will be given to children in need on their birthdays. (Jim Bowling/Herald & Review via AP)
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In this April 3, 2017 photo, Lutheran School Association student Jared Gregory adds new donations to "birthday bags" at Lutheran School Association in Decatur, Ill. When a family is having financial problems and cutting expenses, one of the first things to go is birthday parties. The LSA decided to help out Northeast Community Fund by collecting items for "birthday bags." The bags will be given to children in need on their birthdays. (Jim Bowling/Herald & Review via AP)
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, Ian Lewis works on a math quiz during a class at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. The school is a tuition-free "recovery school" that use peer communities to support sobriety. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, students and teachers gather for an all-school meeting called "circle" at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. Hope Academy in Indianapolis is one of about three dozen recovery schools in the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, Rachelle Gardner, center, chief operating officer of Hope Academy and student Logan Snyder, right, lead an all-school meeting called "circle" before the start of classes in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, Sophie Herrick pets Banks as students and teachers gather for an all-school meeting called "circle" at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, an inspirational message is posted on a student's locker at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, students and teachers gather for an all-school meeting called "circle" at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers say these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. Hope Academy in Indianapolis is one of about three dozen recovery schools in the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Young Republicans are suing the University of of California at Berkeley after the campus blocked Ann Coulter's upcoming appearance. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2011 file photo, Ann Coulter waves to the audience after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. University of California, Berkeley students who invited Coulter to speak on campus filed a lawsuit Monday April 24, 2017, against the university, saying it is discriminating against conservative speakers and violating students’ rights to free speech. Campus Republicans invited Coulter to speak at Berkeley on April 27, but Berkeley officials informed the group that the event was being called off for security concerns. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, a leaflet is seen stapled to a message board near Sproul Hall on the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif. Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus filed a lawsuit Monday April 24, 2017, against the university, saying it is discriminating against conservative speakers and violating students’ rights to free speech. Campus Republicans invited Coulter to speak at Berkeley on April 27, but Berkeley officials informed the group that the event was being called off for security concerns. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
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In this July 9, 2015 photo provided by Robert Severi, Kristina Johnson poses for a photo in Washington, D.C. The State University of New York says its board of trustees is expected to approve Johnson's appointment as the university's chancellor Monday, Monday, April 24, 2017. A former dean of Duke University's engineering school, Johnson served as an energy undersecretary during the Obama administration from 2009 to the end of 2010. (Robert Severi via AP)
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Former President Barack Obama, center, hosts a conversation on civic engagement and community organizing, Monday, April 24, 2017, at the University of Chicago in Chicago. From left are, Kelsey McClear, Loyola University; Ramuel Figueroa, Roosevelt University; Tiffany Brown, a pharmacist; Obama; Max Freedman, University of Chicago; Ayanna Watkins, Kenwood High School; and Harish Patel, New America. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Former President Barack Obama, center, hosts a conversation on civic engagement and community organizing, Monday, April 24, 2017, at the University of Chicago in Chicago. From left are, Kelsey McClear, Loyola University; Ramuel Figueroa, Roosevelt University; Tiffany Brown a pharmacist; Obama, Max Freedman, University of Chicago; Ayanna Watkins, Kenwood High School; and Harish Patel, New America. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this photo taken Friday, April 7, 2017, Susan Lassiter poses for a photo at her home in Smithfield, N.C. Lassiter, a member of Concerned Citizens for Successful Schools in Johnston County is worried about how her group will continue to push for equal education opportunities in the local schools if the UNC Center for Civil Rights in Chapel Hill is permanently barred from filing lawsuits on behalf of its clients. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
