The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be kept out of the Department of Education’s systems until Feb. 17, in an agreement reached in a lawsuit brought by the University of California student government.

In a filing Tuesday, the student government and Education Department came to an agreement to keep all DOGE personnel out of the databases in order to obtain an extended briefing and hearing schedule.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama-era appointee, will have to approve the agreement between the two sides.

The students, represented by Public Citizen, a left-leaning consumer advocacy group,........

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