Court enjoins Education Department from publishing foreign donor names
Judge Tanya Chutkan granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Education from publishing names and identifying information of foreign donors and contract counterparties reported under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act. The department had collected donor names since 2020, announced a June 2026 reversal of its prior assurances, and initially posted 92 institutional donors before setting October 2, 2026 for full publication. The court found the department likely acted arbitrarily under the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to address institutions' reliance interests and potential irreparable harms, including safety risks to donors, and enjoined the planned disclosure pending further legal proceedings.
A federal judge blocked the Education Department from publishing donor names.
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Since 2020 the department collected foreign donor names while saying it would not publish…
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