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WASHINGTON – The US Department of Education on Tuesday agreed to prevent Elon Musk’s official performance team from accessing the personal and financial data of millions of students for at least a week.
A New Federal Court filingThe agency said it would not allow any member of the department to see or use information from the Federal Student Aid database by next Monday. US District Judge Randolph Moss signed the agreement, which temporarily bans any employee from the same system after January 19, in which part of the case filed last weekend from the same system.
The decision has been temporarily recovered for the plaintiffs, which a group of college students in California violated the privacy laws of the department by infiltrating the information system of the Department of Education. An agency employee, who had no authority to discuss the issue, was previously confirmed by the USA Today that the Musk team had a massive database of students. Have accessed, including several who are listed in Tuesday court.
Vice President of the National Student Legal Defense Network, Dan Zeel, one of the groups representing students, celebrated the arrangements on Tuesday.
“Although today’s deal is more harmful to today, we look forward to permanently eliminating these worst violations,” he said in a statement.
President Donald Trump has fully supported the Musk’s reduction measures so far. On Monday, the Department of Education suddenly canceled $ 1 billion in educational research contracts, which removed the agency’s data collecting arm.
In collaboration with the president at the Oval Office on Tuesday, Musk called the administration’s efforts to reduce the federal spending “not” optional “.
“People voted in favor of major reforms of the government and are going to get the same,” he said.
Zachary Sharmel is an educational reporter for USA Today. You can reach it by email at Zschermele@usatoday.com. Follow this on X @Zachameel and Bluesky on @zachschermele.bsky.social.
