32 CFR § 196.505 - Employment criteria.

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title: "32 CFR § 196.505 - Employment criteria."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "196.505"
section_name: "Employment criteria."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "196"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 52865, 52885, Aug. 30, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 196.505 Employment criteria.

A recipient shall not administer or operate any test or other criterion for any employment opportunity that has a disproportionately adverse effect on persons on the basis of sex unless:

(a) Use of such test or other criterion is shown to predict validly successful performance in the position in question; and

(b) Alternative tests or criteria for such purpose, which do not have such disproportionately adverse effect, are shown to be unavailable.