A week after the election, students at the University of Notre Dame staged a walk-out and protest calling for the sanctuary status at the school.

The state Supreme Court ruled that school police were not public entities when the suit began in 2014. But a recent change means newer records are fair game.

The university hopes to start construction next spring, with electricity generation starting in 2019 to meet 7 percent of current campus electrical needs

The project is seen as a milestone in Notre Dame's growth as a research university and in the growth of South Bend's high-tech economy.

The university plans to demolish most of the former St. Joseph's High School this summer and lease what remains to Holy Cross College.

AP-TIP IN, started in 2012 as a way to get students in districts with high numbers of minorities and students living in poverty to enroll in AP science, math and English classes.

The legislation comes after ESPN filed a lawsuit claiming Notre Dame Security Police violated public records laws.

At stake is whether the private university's police department should have to comply with state public records requests.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has submitted a friend of the court brief saying he believes the University of Notre Dame police department should be subject to the state's open records law.