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In this April 15, 2014 photo, East High School senior Sandy Ocon, 17, cuts carrots and celery for soup at Hoffman House in Rockford, Ill. Ocon is one of eight juniors and seniors from across the district who have spent much of the year learning their way around the kitchen at Hoffman House. When they complete the program, students have a year of culinary education that often leads to employment at area restaurants, bakeries and grocery stores. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Becky Domokos-Bays, the Director of Food and Nutrition Services at Alexandria City Public Schools, holds up a tray of food during lunch service at the Patrick Henry Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this photo provided by Education Minnesota, Thomas Rademacher, right, is named 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year by Education Minnesota president Denise Specht in Bloomington, Minn., Sunday, May 4, 2014. Rademacher teaches English at FAIR School in the West Metro Education Program. (AP Photo/Education Minnesota, Janet Hostetter)
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In this photo provided by Education Minnesota, Thomas Rademacher is congratulated by his daughter June, 3, after being named 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year in Bloomington, Minn., Sunday, May 4, 2014. Rademacher teaches English at FAIR School in the West Metro Education Program. (AP Photo/Education Minnesota, Janet Hostetter)
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In this photo provided by Education Minnesota, Thomas Rademacher is named 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year in Bloomington, Minn., Sunday, May 4, 2014. Rademacher teaches English at FAIR School in the West Metro Education Program. (AP Photo/Education Minnesota, Janet Hostetter)
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A group of students from Toronto take in the sights as they relax near the Washington Monument on Sunday. May 4. Khalid Naji-Allah Special to The Washington Times
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In this April 28, 2014 photo, Students walk past the Alma Mater statue, a landmark on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill. Public universities in Illinois are bracing for waves or retirements because a state pension-reform law will sharply cut their retirement funds. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
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In this April 28, 2014 photo, David Cahill, the head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, poses in a lab in the department's building in Urbana, Ill. Cahill is among many faculty and staff members on public university campuses in Illinois considering leaving after discovering that state pension reform will sharply cut their retirement funds. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In an April 11, 2014 photo, Trevor Jensen, left, and Tyrell Reichert, reposition the body of Dundy County-Stratton High School’s “Power Drive” electric vehicle. The "Power Drive" electric car program, sponsored since 1998 by the Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District, gives high school students hands-on experience in a challenge to design and build a safe, energy-efficient one-person electric vehicle. (AP Photo/McCook Gazette, Connie Jo Discoe)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In an April 11, 2014 photo, Keeley Confer takes a turn in the driver’s seat of the electric car, although she is not a driver but the Dundy County-Stratton High School's first-ever electric vehicle competition team’s official records keeper, writing a blog, designing and updating the web page and documenting the car’s and the team’s progress. The "Power Drive" electric car program, sponsored since 1998 by the Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District, gives high school students hands-on experience in a challenge to design and build a safe, energy-efficient one-person electric vehicle. (AP Photo/McCook Gazette, Connie Jo Discoe)
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FILE - In a Friday, May 2, 2014 file photo, Florida Governor Rick Scott visits members of the Florida House, on the last day of the 2014 Legislative session in Tallahassee. He congratulated Rep. Jeanette M. Nunez, R- Miami, Senator Jack Latvala, R- Clearwater, on the passage of an immigrant tuition bill during the session. Scott largely succeeded with many of his session goals. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Scott Keeler, File)
