On April 3, 2026, Judge Saylor of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction covering public institutions in the 17 plaintiff states challenging the rollout of the ACTS survey to the IPEDS data collection. As a result of the injunction, the government is preliminarily enjoined from enforcing any deadline for compliance with the survey. The injunction will remain in place until a final order is issued in this case or a higher court overturns it.
This is separate from the March 31, TRO covering AAU and AICUM institutions, which remains in place with a new extended deadline for completion of the ACTS survey of April 14, and an April 13 hearing on the pending motions.