(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of 17 other Democratic attorneys general are urging the U.S. Department of Education to withdraw a proposed expansion of federal data collection on college admissions, arguing it would violate student privacy and distort civil rights law.

The coalition letter, sent Monday, urges the Education Department to withdraw its proposal, which would require colleges and universities to report detailed data to the federal government. 

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