34 CFR § 106.15 - Admissions.

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title: "34 CFR § 106.15 - Admissions."
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title_name: "Education"
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section_name: "Admissions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "106"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
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regulatory_source: "45 FR 30955, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 106.15 Admissions.

(a) Admissions to educational institutions prior to June 24, 1973, are not covered by this part.

(b) *Administratively separate units.* For purposes only of this section and subpart C, each administratively separate unit shall be deemed to be an educational institution.

(c) *Application of subpart C.* Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, subpart C applies to each recipient. A recipient to which subpart C applies shall not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission or recruitment in violation of that subpart.

(d) *Educational institutions.* Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section as to recipients which are educational institutions, subpart C applies only to institutions of vocational education, professional education, graduate higher education, and public institutions of undergraduate higher education.

(e) *Public institutions of undergraduate higher education.* Subpart C does not apply to any public institution of undergraduate higher education which traditionally and continually from its establishment has had a policy of admitting only students of one sex.

[45 FR 30955, May 9, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 86298, Dec. 30, 1980; 85 FR 30579, May 19, 2020; 89 FR 33886, Apr. 29, 2024]