[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15a.8]

[Page 384-385]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15a_EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING OR BENEFITTING 
FROM FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A_Introduction
 
Sec. 15a.8  Dissemination of policy.

    (a) Notification of policy. (1) Each recipient shall implement 
specific and continuing steps to notify applicants for admission and 
employment, students and parents of elementary and secondary school 
students, employees, sources of referral of applicants for admission and 
employment and all unions or professional organizations holding 
collective bargaining or professional agreements with the recipient, 
that it does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the educational 
programs or activities which it operates, and that it is required by 
title IX and this part not to discriminate in such a manner. Such 
notification shall contain such information, and be made in such manner, 
as the Secretary finds necessary to apprise such persons of

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the protections against discrimination assured them by title IX and this 
part, but shall state at least that the requirement not to discriminate 
in education programs and activities extends to employment therein and 
to admission thereto unless subpart C does not apply to the recipient, 
and that inquiries concerning the application of title IX and this part 
to such recipient may be referred to the employee designated pursuant to 
Sec. 15a.7 or to the Secretary.
    (2) Each recipient shall make the initial notification required by 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section within 90 days of the effective date of 
this part or of the date this part first applies to such recipient, 
whichever comes later, which notification shall include publication in:
    (i) Local newspapers,
    (ii) newspapers and magazines operated by such recipient or by 
student, alumnae, or alumni groups for or in connection with such 
recipient; and
    (iii) memoranda or other written communications distributed to every 
student and employees of such recipient.
    (b) Publications. (1) Each recipient shall prominently include a 
statement of the policy described in paragraph (a) of this section in 
each announcement, bulletin, catalog, or application form which it makes 
available to any person of a type described in paragraph (a) of this 
section, or which is otherwise used in connection with the recruitment 
of students or employees.
    (2) A recipient shall not use or distribute a publication of the 
type described in this paragraph which suggests, by text or 
illustration, that such recipient treats applicants, students, employees 
differently on the basis of sex except as such treatment is permitted by 
this part.
    (c) Distribution. Each recipient shall distribute without 
discrimination on the basis of sex each publication described in 
paragraph (b) of this section, and shall apprise each of its admission 
and employment recruitment representatives of the policy of 
nondiscrimination described in paragraph (a) of this section, and 
require such representatives to adhere to such policy.