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This undated photo provided by the San Bernardino City Unified School District shows Jonathan Martinez, who was killed in a San Bernardino special-education classroom on Monday, April 10, 2017. Martinez died at a hospital after being shot Monday in his classroom by the estranged husband of his teacher, Karen Smith, who also was killed. The gunman, Cedric Anderson, then fatally shot himself. (Courtesy of San Bernardino City Unified School District via AP)

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In this Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. For those who can’t afford to pay their student loan bill, experts advise not to blow it off. There are other options that can save you from financial ruin. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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People pray before placing flowers at a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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People pray before placing flowers at a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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After placing flowers, people turn away from a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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After leading a prayer group, Marie Cabrera, right, embraces one of the group members near a sidewalk memorial dedicated to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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A man places wreathes, including one from President Donald Trump, left, at a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Marie Cabrera, second from right, leads a prayer group near a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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A sidewalk memorial dedicated to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., is displayed Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Jonathan Martinez, a special needs student of teacher Karen Smith, died when Smith's estranged husband shot both in her classroom. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Lena Hammerling and her daughters Melissa, left, and Maci, right, and an unidentified child look at a sidewalk memorial dedicated to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Jeffrey Imbriani and his grandfather Ruben Gutierrez describe their experiences Tuesday, April 11, 2017, after a teacher and student were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif. Imbriani said he was friends with Jonathan Martinez who was killed along with his teacher, Karen Smith. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Jeffrey Imbriani and his grandfather Ruben Gutierrez describe their experiences Tuesday, April 11, 2017, after a teacher and student were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif. Imbriani said he was friends with Jonathan Martinez who was killed along with his teacher, Karen Smith. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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FILE - In this July 14, 2016, Tom Torlakson, the California superintendent of public instruction, discusses proposes to broaden the curriculum of California's history and social science classes during a meeting of the State Board of Education in Sacramento, Calif. Torlakson announced Tuesday, April 11, 2017, that just over 83 percent of California students in the class of 2016 graduated on time from public high schools. That's up about 1 percentage point from the class of 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan, left, and city schools superintendent Dale Marsden brief reporters at police headquarters in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Authorities said the man who fatally shot his estranged wife and a student in her San Bernardino elementary school classroom Monday before killing himself had threatened her when she moved out of their house. Burguan said Karen Smith told those closest to her that she didn't necessarily take the threats from her new husband seriously but thought Cedric Anderson was reaching out for attention. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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San Bernardino city schools superintendent Dale Marsden briefs reporters at police headquarters in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The man who fatally shot his estranged wife and a student in her San Bernardino elementary school classroom before killing himself had threatened her when she moved out of their house, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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In this April 10, 2017 photo, University of Connecticut mascot Jonathan, a Siberian Husky, assists Daniel Bronko of Enfield, Ct., in proposing to his girlfriend, Holly Korona, on the school's campus in Storrs, Ct. Bronko, who met Korona while both were students, surprised her with a ring that had been attached to Jonathan's collar. (University of Connecticut via AP)

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Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, right, Rep. Roger Kane, R-Knoxville, listen to the debate over a bill seeking offer in-state tuition rates to public college students whose parents brought them to the country illegally in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The measure was narrowly defeated in the House Education Administration and Planning Committee. White, the sponsor of the bill, voted for the measure, while Kane voted against. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Rep. Dawn White, R-Murfreesboro, speaks against a bill seeking to offer in-state tuition rates to public college students whose parents brought them to the country illegally in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The measure was narrowly defeated in the House Education Administration and Planning Committee. At left is Rep. Johnnie Turner, D-Memphis, who voted for the measure. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)