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Nebraska state Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha introduces his measure that would require high schools to allow students to breastfeed and set alternative attendance and coursework standards for those who are pregnant or parenting at an Education Committee hearing in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Dania DeLone describes her experiences raising a baby in a high school environment during testimony before the Education Committee in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. Nebraska state Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha introduced a measure that would require high schools to allow students to breastfeed and set alternative attendance and coursework standards for those who are pregnant or parenting. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Nebraska State Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha, left, meets with Dania DeLone, right, who described her experiences raising a baby in a high school environment during testimony before the Education Committee in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. Sen. Vargas introduced a measure that would require high schools to allow students to breastfeed and set alternative attendance and coursework standards for those who are pregnant or parenting. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Nebaska state Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha introduces his measure that would require high schools to allow students to breastfeed and set alternative attendance and coursework standards for those who are pregnant or parenting at an Education Committee hearing in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, surrounded by fifth-grade students at D.C. Bilingual Public Charter School, said Monday, "We want to make it easier for every parent to choose a school that best fits their child's needs." (Julia Brouillette/The Washington Times)

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Stockton University biology students, from left, Francisca Ekekwe, Valkyrie Falciani and Danielle Ertz work with spores in sterilized tubes that will be studied for agriculture in low gravity at the International Space Station, in Galloway, N.J., Monday Jan. 30 2017. Their experiments using spores were chosen by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) to go to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Mission 11 of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). (Ben Fogletto/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks with students during a bicentennial colloquia at the University of Michigan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel presents Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Doctor of Laws degree, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, during a ceremony at the university in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gestures after receiving a Doctor of Laws degree from University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, during a ceremony at the university in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2010 file photo, an apple, stuffed animals, and flowers are among the items placed at a growing memorial to slain teacher Jennifer Paulson across the street from Birney Elementary School in Tacoma, Wash. When the economy tanks, school shootings rise, unlike other violent crime, a new study finds. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at Northwestern University analyzed data from 379 shootings in schools, not just mass shootings or gang involved ones, between 1990 and 2013 and found an interesting correlation between changes in national and local unemployment rates and how frequent the shootings happen. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Vahideh Rasekhi, an Iranian doctoral student at Stony Brook University, greets friends and family as she is released from detention at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Boston College's Jerome Robinson (1 scores past Virginia Tech defenders Zach LeDay (32) and Ty Outlaw (42) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday Jan. 29 2017. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)/The Roanoke Times via AP)

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Iowa guard Makenzie Meyer, left, shoots against Maryland center Brionna Jones in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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In this Jan. 26, 2017 photo, students Allie Trojano, front, and Deron Noel, rear, work on dessert projects during a class at the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt. Enrollment in culinary institutes across the country is in decline and some cooking schools have announced they are closing. NECI, which faces imminent sale, said it is committed to staying relevant and in demand. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, comedian Keith Wann performs for the Happy Hands American Sign Language club, students from the Salish Sea Deaf School, family and friends at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)

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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, comedian Keith Wann performs for the Happy Hands American Sign Language club, students from the Salish Sea Deaf School, family and friends at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)

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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, comedian Keith Wann performs for the Happy Hands American Sign Language club, students from the Salish Sea Deaf School, family and friends at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)

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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, Burlington-Edison High School teacher Liza Bancroft translates Keith Wann's comedy actat Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)

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Auburn coach Bruce Pearl calls to his team, TCU students in swim trunks behind him, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. (Paul Moseley/Star-Telegram via AP)

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Penn State guard Tony Carr catches a pass between Illinois defenders during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan 28, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)