Rules and Regulations. Notice of programs and activities receiving financial assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency that are covered by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Action: Notice of programs and activities receiving financial assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency that are covered by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended
Citation: FR Doc. 00-30114 · FRL-6908-2

Summary

In accordance with subpart F of the final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. (“Title IX”) this notice lists those programs and activities that receive financial assistance from the U.S. EPA and are covered by Title IX. Title IX prohibits recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex in education programs or activities. Subpart F requires each Federal agency that awards Federal financial assistance to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the programs covered by the Title IX regulations within sixty (60) days after the effective date (September 29, 2000) of the final common rule. The final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX was published in the Federal Register by twenty (20) Federal agencies, including the EPA, on August 30, 2000, (65 FR 52857-52895). EFFECTIVE DATE: November 27, 2000.

Supplementary Information

Title IX prohibits recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex in educational programs or activities. Specifically, the statute states that “[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,” with specific exceptions for various entities, programs, and activities. 20 U.S.C. 1681(a). This statute was modeled after Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. , which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in all programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. The goal of Title IX is to ensure that Federal funds are not utilized for and do not support sex-based discrimination, and that individuals have equal opportunities, without regard to sex, to pursue, engage or participate in, and benefit from academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training, employment, or other educational programs or activities. For example (and without limitation), subject to exceptions described in these Title IX regulations, Title IX prohibits a recipient from discriminating on the basis of sex in: student admissions, scholarship awards and tuition assistance, recruitment of students and employees, the provision of courses and other academic offerings, the provision of and participation in athletics and extracurricular activities, and all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, selection, hiring, compensation, benefits, job assignments and classification, promotions, demotions, tenure, training, transfers, leave, layoffs, and termination. Of course, Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the operation of, and the provision or denial of benefits by, education programs conducted by noneducational institutions, including, but not limited to, prisons, museums, job training institutes, and for profit and nonprofit organizations. List of Programs and Activities Receiving Financial Assistance From EPA and Covered by Title IX The following is a list of programs and activities receiving financial assistance from the EPA as of September 2000 that are covered by Title IX. The list is comprised of Active Environmental Education Grants and Active Grants to Public and Private Colleges and Universities. Active Environmental Education Grants Alabama Mayors Corporation for Economic Cultural Alameda County Office of Education Alaska Discovery Foundation, Inc. Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education American Institute for Learning American Lung Association of Arizona American Lung Association of Illinois Arab Community Center for Economic Arkansas 4-H Foundation Association of Vermont Recyclers Benedictine University Better Housing League/Greater Cincinnati Bi-State Regional Commission Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resources Bluemont Elementary Boston Public School District Boys & Girls Clubs of East Jackson County Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City Cacapon Institute Calypso Farm and Ecology Center Campbell County School District Carson City School District Castro Valley Unified School District CBIA Education Foundation Cenla Pride Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Inc. Central Arkansas Planning & Development District Central Community College Chance, Inc. Chattahoochee High School Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Development Center Chesapeake Audubon Society City of Austin City of Gary City of Naples Utilities Department City of New York Parks and Recreation City of Tumwater City of Westland City Seeds Coastal Carolina University Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education Colorado River Union High School District Columbia Basin College Communities Creating Connections, Inc. Contra Costa County Health Services Department Cooperating School Districts Cornell Coop Extension-St. Lawrence City Council for Environmental Education Council on the Environment, Inc. County of Somerset Creation Station Crook County Soil & Water Conservation Center for Instructional Staff Development & Evaluation Cumberland River Compact, Inc. Delaware Academy of Science Delaware Department of Natural Resources Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children Douglas Unified School District #27 Downingtown Area School District Drexel University Eastern Oregon University Educational Broadcasting Corporation Emporia State University Environmental Educ. Council of Ohio Environmental Learning for Kids Fairview Area Schools Florida Atlantic University Florida Institute of Technology Four Corners School of Outdoor Education Frenchman Bay Conservancy Friends of Bluff Lake Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center Friends of the Salt Springs Park, Inc. Friends of the Urban Forest Front Range Earth Force Georgia Department of Natural Resources Grand Traverse Tribal Council Great Bay Stewards, Inc. Greater Newark Conservancy Green City Data Project of Colorado Guilderland Central School District H.M. McKemy Middle School Hackensack Meadowlands Development Co. Hawaii Nature Center Haywood County 4-H Club Heart of Oklahoma Council of Camp Fire Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Inner-City Coalition on the Environment Integrated Day Charter School Inter-American U. of Puerto Rico, Inc. Iowa State University Jackson Public Schools Jefferson County Public Schools Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education Kansas City Kansas Community College Keep Providence Beautiful Kids Consortium, Inc. Kirkwood Community College Lake Champlain Basin Science Center Lake County Forest Preserve Lake Superior State University Lake Washington School District Land Partners Through Stewardship Lewis & Clark School Louisiana Environmental Education Association Lower Cape Communications, Inc. Mahoning Valley/Northeast Ohio Camp Mahopac Central Middle School Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District Metropolitan Dade County Dept of Environment Michigan Recycling Coalition Michigan Technological University Miller Springs Alliance, Inc. Milton Public Schools Milwaukee Community Service Corps, Inc. Missouri Botanical Garden Montana Audubon, Inc. Montana Science Institute, Inc. Montana State University-Bozeman Murray State University National Black Men's Health Network, Inc. Navajo Resource Conservation Development Council North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Nebraska Groundwater Foundation Nebraska State 4-H Camp New England Aquarium Corporation Norman Public Schools-Washington Elementary North American Association for Environmental Education North County Workforce Partnership Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Old Dominion University Research Foundation Oldham County Board of Education Oregon Graduate Institute of Science Oregon State University Patriots' Trail Girl Scout Council Pennsylvania Environmental Council People's C.O.R.E. Phipps Community Development Corporation Piedmont Park Conservancy Pocono Environmental Education Center Portsmouth Public School Prairiewoods:Franciscan Spirituality Radford University Regional Council of Rural Counties Rogue Valley Council of Governments Saint Francis College Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Salish Sea Expeditions San Francisco Unified School District San Juan Resource Conservation San Marcos Consolidated ISD School Board of Broward County School District of Philadelphia Seguin Outdoor Learning Center Seneca Park Zoo Society Sequoia Foundation Shade-Central City School District Shelburne Farms Shenendehowa Central School District Society of American Foresters Soundwaters, Inc. Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision Southwest Environmental Center Southwest Youth Corporations Springfield Library and Museums Association Starkville School District State of Vermont Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Southwest Center for Education & the National Swampscott Public Schools Teaching Responsible Earth Education The Catskill Center for Conservation The Childrens Treehouse The College of Santa Fe The Surplus Exchange, Inc. The Tides Center/Caya Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary Thorne Ecological Institute Trinidad Rancheria Twin Cities Tree Trust University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Alaska Southeast University of California University of Delaware University of Findlay University of Minnesota Dakota County University of Mississippi University of North Dakota University of Rhode Island University of South Carolina University of Texas Health Science University of the Virgin Islands University of Utah University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Urban Tree Connection Utah Society for Environmental Education Vermont Center for the Book Vermont D.O.H. Victor Central School Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Washington State University Watterson Accelerated Elementary PTA Weehawken Board of Education West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. Wilson County Schools Winooski Valley Park District Woonsocket Education Department YMCA of Middle Tennessee Active Grants to Public and Private Colleges and Universities Alabama A&M University American University Antioch New England Graduate School Arizona State University Arkansas University for Medical Sciences Auburn University Baylor College of Medicine Bill Priest Institute Bishop State Community College Board of Regents, UCCSN Boise State University Boston University Boston University Medical Campus Bowie State University Bowling Green State University Brigham Young University Brown University Bucks County Community College California Inst of Technology California Polytechnic State University California State University California State University Hayward Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Casper College Catonsville Community College Central Carolina Technical College Central Michigan University Central Washington University Charles County Community College Clark University Clarkson University Clemson University Cleveland State University College of Southern Maryland College of the Holy Cross College/University of Charleston Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Columbia University Community College of Baltimore County Connecticut University Health Center Cornell University Crowder College Dallas County Community College Dist Dartmouth College Delaware Technical & Community College Delaware Valley College Duke University Duke University Medical Center Duquesne University East Central University Eastern IA Community College District Eastern Michigan University El Centro College Emory University Evergreen State College Ferris State University Florida International University Florida State University Front Range Community College Gannon University George Mason University George Washington University Georgia State University Research Foundation Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. Georgia Tech Research Corporation Georgia Univ. Research Foundation Grand Valley State University Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Hampshire College Harvard College Heidelberg College Hendrix College Houston Community College Southeast Humboldt State University Foundation Illinois Institute of Technology Imperial Valley College Indiana University Iowa State University Jacksonville State University Jefferson Medical College Jobs for Youth-Boston, Inc. Johns Hopkins University Jr. College District of Mineral Area Kansas State Forester Kansas State University Kansas University Medical Center Kent State University Kirkwood Community College Lamar University Langston University Lehigh University Linn-Benton Community College Loma Linda University Louisiana State University and A & M College Louisiana State University Louisiana Universities Marine Louisville University RES Foundation, Inc. Loyola University of Chicago Manhattan College Marquette University Marshall University Research Corp Massachusetts Institute of Technology McNeese State University Medical College of Ohio Medical College of Wisconsin Medical University of South Carolina Merrimack College Metropolitan Community Colleges Miami University Miami-Dade Community College Michigan State University Michigan Technological University Mississippi State University Montana State University Montana Tech of the University of Montana Montclair State University Morgan State University Mount Sinai School of Medicine MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry New Mexico State University New York University School of Medicine New York University New York University Medical Center North Carolina Central University North Carolina State University North Dakota State University Northern Arizona University Northern Kentucky University Northland College Northwest Indian College Northwestern University Occidental College Ohio State University Research Foundation Ohio University Oklahoma State University Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology Oregon Health Sciences University Oregon State University Pennsylvania State University Pima County Community College Portland State University Pratt University Princeton University Purdue University Red Rocks Community College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Research Foundation of CUNY Roger Williams University Rutgers the State University of NJ-Piscataway Rutgers University Rutgers University-Cook College Saint Louis Community College Saint Mary's College of Maryland Saint Vincent College Salem State College Salisbury State University San Diego State University San Francisco State University Shaw University Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez South Dakota State University Southern Arkansas University Tech Southern University A&M Collage at Baton Rouge Southwest Texas State University Southwestern Community College District Spelman College Stanford University Suny Research Foundation. Syracuse University-Maxwell School Tarleton State University Temple University School of Medicine Tennessee Technological University Texas A&M Research Foundation Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas Tech University Texas University Medical Branch Tufts College Tufts University Tufts University School of Medicine Tulane University Tulane University Medical Center UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ-School of Public Health University and Community College System of Nevada University of Alabama University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Alaska University of Alaska-Anchorage University of Alaska-Fairbanks University of Alaska Southeast-SITKA University of Arizona University of Arkansas University of Arkansas for Medical Science University of California University of California Berkeley University of California Davis University of California Irvine University of California Los Angeles University of California Riverside University of California San Diego University of California Santa Barbara University of California Santa Cruz University of Cincinnati University of Colorado University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Colorado Springs University of Colorado at Denver University of Colorado Health Science Center University of Connecticut University of Dayton University of Delaware University of Findlay University of Florida University of Georgia University of Guam University of Hawaii University of Idaho University of Illinois University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of Kansas Medical Center University of Kentucky University of Kentucky Research Foundation University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Louisville University of Louisville Res. Foundation, Inc University of Maine University of Maryland University of Maryland-Baltimore University of Maryland-Cambridge University of Maryland-College Park University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute University of Maryland Eastern Shore University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Boston University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies University of Memphis University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Mississippi University of Missouri University of Missouri-Columbia University of Montana University of Nebraska University of Nebraska at Omaha University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Nebraska-Omaha University of Nevada University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of New Hampshire University of New Mexico University of New Mexico ATR Institute University of New Mexico Board of Regents University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center University of New Orleans University of North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Dakota University of North Texas University of Northern Iowa University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Health Science Center University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Redlands University of Rhode Island University of Rochester University of South Alabama University of South Carolina University of South Dakota University of South Florida University of Southern California University of Southern Maine University of Southern Mississippi University of Southwestern Louisiana University of Tennessee University of Texas University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Brownsville University of Texas at El Paso University of Texas Health Science Center University of the South University of Toledo University of Tulsa University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington University of West Florida University of Wisconsin University of Wisconsin-Green Bay University of Wyoming Utah State University Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Vermont Technical College Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Institute of Marine Science Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State University Washington State University Washington University Wayne State University Wesleyan University Western Kentucky University Western Michigan University Western Nevada Community College Wiley College Wilkes University William Marsh Rice University Wright State University Wytheville Community College Xavier University of Louisiana Yale University Other grant programs and activities and grantees or recipients may also be covered by Title IX if they involve education programs. A complete list of all financial assistance provided by EPA is available on the Internet from the EPA's Grants Information and Control System (GICS) through the EPA's Envirofacts Warehouse at http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/gics/. This information is also published in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which is published each year by the General Services Administration (GSA). The Catalog's website address is http://www.cfda.gov. Catalog information is available by calling, toll free, 1-800-669-8331 or by writing to: Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Staff (MVS), General Services Administration, Reporters Building, Room 101, 300 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20407. The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not apply because this action is not a rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). Dated: November 20, 2000. Mary M. O'Lone, Acting Director, Office of Civil Rights. [FR Doc. 00-30114 Filed 11-24-00; 8:45 am]