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Speaker of House Ron Ryckman stands and applauds as Scott Schwab is announced as Speaker Pro Tem of the Kansas House Representatives, in Topeka, Ks. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

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Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, follows a debate over allowing a debate on a proposal to repeal a requirement that utilities rely on wind and other renewable resources to generate some of their electricity, Friday, May 2, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The House has blocked consideration of the proposal. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, watches one of the chamber's electronic vote-tallying boards as members approve a school funding plan, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. Behind him to his left is Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, a Louisburg Republican, and behind Merrick to his right, Olathe Republicans Lance Kinzer and Ron Ryckman Jr. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Red-shirted members of the Kansas National Education Association in the gallery of the Kansas House chamber raise their hands to show support for public schools as members leave for a break, Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA is the state's largest teachers' union and is protesting a proposal in an education funding bill to rewrite tenure rules. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Members of the Kansas National Education Association sit outside the Kansas House chamber, following a debate on school funding legislation, Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA is the state's largest teachers' union and opposes a proposal in the measure to rewrite teacher tenure laws. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Republicans in the Kansas House confer with J.G. Scott, far left, the chief fiscal analyst for the Kansas Legislative Research Department, during debate over a school funding plan, Friday, April 4, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The House members are left to right, Ron Ryckman Jr. of Olathe, Lance Kinzer of Olathe and Marvin Kleeb of Overland Park. (AP Photo/John Hanna)