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In this 2010 photo provided by the University of Missouri Athletic Department is Sasha Menu Courey. The Canadian family of former University of Missouri school swimmer says the school and its athletics department failed to properly investigate her alleged off-campus rape by as many as three football players in 2010. Menu Courey struggled with mental illness and committed suicide 16 months later. (AP Photo/University of Missouri Athletic Department)
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Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at a news conference about funding of public schools Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said he will push to close tax exemptions to find another $200 million for Washington's public schools. Republican leaders in the Legislature have said they will oppose efforts to add to the education budget this year. The money would pay for the reforms the Legislature has already approved, plus fulfilling a promise from the electorate by giving a 1.3 percent salary increase to teachers and staff. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at a news conference about funding of public schools Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said he will push to close tax exemptions to find another $200 million for Washington's public schools. Republican leaders in the Legislature have said they will oppose efforts to add to the education budget this year. The money would pay for the reforms the Legislature has already approved, plus fulfilling a promise from the electorate by giving a 1.3 percent salary increase to teachers and staff. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Gov. Jay Inslee, right, speaks in his conference room at a news conference about funding of public schools Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said he will push to close tax exemptions to find another $200 million for Washington's public schools. Republican leaders in the Legislature have said they will oppose efforts to add to the education budget this year. The money would pay for the reforms the Legislature has already approved, plus fulfilling a promise from the electorate by giving a 1.3 percent salary increase to teachers and staff. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Gov. Jay Inslee points out a cut-out image of Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman, attached to a painting of Mount Rainier that the governor painted, calling them "two Washington icons," in his office following a news conference about funding of public schools Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said he will push to close tax exemptions to find another $200 million for Washington's public schools. Republican leaders in the Legislature have said they will oppose efforts to add to the education budget this year. The money would pay for the reforms the Legislature has already approved, plus fulfilling a promise from the electorate by giving a 1.3 percent salary increase to teachers and staff. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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A Dec. 17, 2013 photo, provided by the University of South Florida, shows artifacts from a coffin found in a grave at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla. Researchers from the university have excavated the remains of 55 people in a graveyard at Dozier, five more than previous fieldwork had indicated might be there and 24 more than official records indicate should be there. (AP Photo/Ho, University of South Florida Anthropology Team)
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In this Jan. 27, 2014 photo, Morgan Shrader, left, 8, and Soren Machtan, 9, play foosball at the YMCA because schools were closes in Marshfield, Wis. Parents with school-aged children are making alternative arrangements Tuesday as the bitter cold cancels classes across Wisconsin — some for a second day. (AP Photo/The Marshfield News-Herald, Megan McCormick)
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Noah Powell, 16, talks about the school shooting at Roosevelt High School, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Honolulu. Powell was in the room next to the shooting when he heard the scuffle and shots being fired. A 17-year-old student was shot by police in a counselor's office after he pulled a knife and cut one of the police officers. The student was taken to a local hospital. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)