A federal judge moved the Education Department’s deadline for colleges to hand over new, race- and sex-disaggregated admissions data, giving institutions one extra week to comply. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV reset the deadline to March 25 while the court considers a motion from seventeen Democratic state attorneys general challenging the collection. The lawsuit, led by state attorneys general including California’s Rob Bonta, argues the department’s timetable and scope are unworkable and could expose sensitive applicant information. The Education Department has defended the survey as necessary to enforce the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on race-conscious admissions; the ruling pauses enforcement while the court evaluates the multi-state challenge.