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Kansas state Sen. Forrest Knox, left, R- Altoona, confers with Tom Arpke, R- Salina, as senators wait to debate a new school funding plan, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The plan boosts aid to poor school districts but eliminates teacher tenure. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Mark Desetti, center, a lobbyist for the Kansas National Education Association, speaks to KNEA members who converged on the Statehouse to lobby lawmakers against a school funding plan, Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA is the state's largest teachers' union and opposes the plan because it eliminates teacher tenure. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Rep. John Bradford, center, a Lansing Republican, faces questions from Kansas National Education Association members outside the House chamber, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA is the state's largest teachers union and does not want a school funding plan to include a proposal for ending teacher tenure. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Members of the Kansas National Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union, follow the Senate's debate on a school funding bill from the gallery, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA opposes the bill because it includes provisions making it easier to fire teachers. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Sen. Tom Arpke, right, a Salina Republican, consults with J.G. Scott, the chief fiscal analyst of the Legislative Research Department during a Senate debate on school funding, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Arpke is the main sponsor of a proposal to end tenure for public school teachers. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Members of the Oxford University rowing boat crew throw their cox Laurence Harvet into the River Thames as they celebrate their win against Cambridge University at the end of their 160th annual Boat Race on the River Thames, London, Sunday, April 6, 2014. The traditional boat race is a hotly contested point of honor between Oxford and Cambridge universities, and Cambridge still leads the series 81-78, with one tie. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Members of the Oxford University's boat race crew celebrate with the trophy after their win against Cambridge University at the end of their 160th annual Boat Race on the River Thames, London, Sunday, April 6, 2014. The traditional boat race is a hotly contested point of honor between Oxford and Cambridge universities, and Cambridge still leads the series 81-78, with one tie. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Kentucky fans wave a stop sign with a burning shirt near the University of Kentucky campus, Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Lexington, Ky., after Kentucky's 74-73 win over Wisconsin in the semifinals of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament Final Four in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
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Police stand watch as Kentucky fans celebrate near the University of Kentucky campus, Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Lexington, Ky., after Kentucky defeated Wisconsin 74-73 in the semifinals of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament Final Four in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/James Crisp)