On Friday, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the Federal District Court in Boston ruled that the Trump administration's demand for detailed student admissions data from public colleges in 17 states is temporarily blocked. This ruling extends an earlier order that prevented the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing a deadline for colleges to submit data on race, gender, test scores, and other factors from the past seven years. The coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, which filed the lawsuit, argued that the policy was an attempt to politicize the National Center for Education Statistics and could compromise the accuracy of the requested data. New York Attorney General Letitia James criticized the administration's approach, stating that students should not fear having their personal data handed over to the federal government. The demand for this data was initiated by President Trump in August, following a Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that limited race-conscious affirmative action but still allowed for some consideration of race in admissions. In a separate ruling, the judge also blocked data requests from two university associations until April 14, 2024, as they seek to join the lawsuit.