Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Enforcing Any ACTS Deadline for Additional Institutions
By Maria Carrasco, NASFAA Staff Reporter
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing any kind of Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) reporting deadline for additional institutions.
After several deadline extensions within the past two months, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts broadened the scope of a temporary injunction, ruling that the Department of Education (ED) may not enforce any ACTS deadline against members affiliated with the following institutions:
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The Association of American Universities
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The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts
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The Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
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The Maine Independent Colleges Association
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The North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
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The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities
Additionally, ED is also blocked from enforcing any deadline from specific institutions included in the lawsuit. Those institutions are Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Middlebury College, Sarah Lawrence College, Swarthmore College, and Vassar College.
Saylor also blocked ED from seeking civil penalties and penalizing plaintiff institutions if these institutions do not submit the data required by the ACTS survey component while this injunction is in place. The order also noted that plaintiff institutions should “take reasonable steps to preserve data” related to the ACTS survey component if this preliminary injunction is later modified or overturned.
Saylor clarified in his order that the court has not made a final judgment on ED, and whether its action of enforcing the ACTS reporting deadline is unlawful. The timeline for when the court will make a final decision in this lawsuit is currently unclear.
Stay tuned to Today’s News for more updates on ACTS reporting.
Publication Date: 4/28/2026
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