[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR618.140]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 618_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 

OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart A_Introduction

 

Sec. 618.140  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 that it operates, and that it is required by 

Title IX and these Title IX regulations not to discriminate in such a 

manner. Such notification shall contain such information, and be made in 

such manner, as the designated agency official finds necessary to 

apprise such persons of the protections against discrimination assured 

them by Title IX and these Title IX regulations, but shall state at 

least that the requirement not to discriminate in education programs or 

activities extends to employment therein, and to admission thereto 

unless Sec. Sec. 618.300 through 618.310 do not apply to the recipient, 

and that inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and these 

Title IX regulations to such recipient may be referred to the employee 

designated pursuant to Sec. 618.135, or to the designated agency 

official.

    (2) Each recipient shall make the initial notification required by 

paragraph (a)(1) of this section within 90 days of September 29, 2000 or 

of the date these Title IX regulations first apply to such recipient, 

whichever comes later, which notification shall include publication in:

    (i) Newspapers and magazines operated by such recipient or by 

student, alumnae, or alumni groups for or in connection with such 

recipient; and

    (ii) Memoranda or other written communications distributed to every 

student and employee 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 that 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 paragraph (b)(1) of this section that suggests, by 

text or illustration, that such recipient treats applicants, students, 

or employees differently on the basis of sex except as such treatment is 

permitted by these Title IX regulations.

    (c) Distribution. Each recipient shall distribute without 

discrimination on the basis of sex each publication described in 

paragraph (b)(1) of this section, and shall apprise each of its 

admission and employment recruitment



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representatives of the policy of nondiscrimination described in 

paragraph (a) of this section, and shall require such representatives to 

adhere to such policy.