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IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman speaks with reporters before testifying in a House committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. News that one of every four employees of the Illinois High School Association gets more than $100,000 a year in pay and benefits is the focus of the lawmakers’ hearing on how the association is run. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman speaks with reporters before testifying in a House committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. News that one of every four employees of the Illinois High School Association gets more than $100,000 a year in pay and benefits is the focus of the lawmakersÕ hearing on how the association is run. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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In this Feb. 24, 2014, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address in Medina, Ohio. As he heads into a fall re-election bid, Kasich on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, backed a package of new tax cuts and a one-year reprieve from school and teacher sanctions related to the state’s new education and teacher evaluation standards. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
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Kai Heuangpraseuth runs past Hope Stars on his way into the temporary site for Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 20, 2014, one year after the May 20, 2013 tornado destroyed Plaza Towers school, leaving Heuangpraseuth and other third graders trapped in the rubble. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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FILE - In this Monday, May 20, 2013 file photo, LaTisha Garcia carries her daughter, Jazmin Rodriguez, through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. Jazmin was a third grade student at Plaza Towers Elementary school, where the tornado destroyed the school, trapping third grade students under rubble. Seven students died. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki, File)
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Xavier Delgado, front, and his sister, Haley Delgado, rear, arrive for the start of school at the temporary site for Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 20, 2014, one year after the May 20, 2013 tornado destroyed Plaza Towers school, leaving Xavier Delgado and other third graders trapped in the rubble. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Xavier Delgado, center, and his sister, Haley Delgado, left, are greeted by Moore police Sgt. Alan Wallace, right, as arrive for the start of school at the temporary site for Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 20, 2014, one year after the May 20, 2013 tornado destroyed Plaza Towers school, leaving Xavier Delgado and other third graders trapped in the rubble. Wallace was on site at the school helping to rescue children the day of the tornado. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2012 file photo, the scoreboard is shown at Eagle Stadium at Allen High School in Allen, Texas. The $60 million high school football stadium that opened to massive fanfare in 2012 will be shut down for the upcoming season after cracks were found in the building's concrete concourse. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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FILE - This Aug. 28, 2012 file photo shows the front entrance of Eagle Stadium at Allen High School in Allen, Texas. The $60 million high school football stadium that opened to massive fanfare in 2012 will be shut down for the upcoming season after cracks were found in the building's concrete concourse. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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File -- In this Oct. 18, 2013 file photo Chippewa Falls, Wis., Middle School Teacher Melissa Rasmus, left, works with 8-grade students, from top: Taylor Detlaff, 13; Mitchell Haglund, 14; Logan Kurtenbach,14 and Chase Bergeron, 14, during a math class at the Wisconsin school. Officials said Tuesday, May 20, 2014 that more 2,800 students have applied to receive a taxpayer-funded voucher to attend private and religious schools in Wisconsin next year, the second year of the statewide voucher program. That is more than double the enrollment cap of 1,000. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram/Shane Opatz, File)
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Archie R. Cole Junior High School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, is canceling its long-running "Honors Night" event for exceptional students, because school officials are afraid its "exclusive nature" will make others feel left out. (WLNE)
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This undated photo provided by Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D, shows Joseph Benoit, the college's 10th president. In a statement Monday, May 19, 2014, Benoit announced he was resigning after less than three years to pursue opportunities in biomedical science. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Mount Marty College)