[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 233 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75757-75758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30780]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or 
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

ACTION: Notice of the U.S. Small Business Administration Financial 
Assistance Programs Subject to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972, as amended.

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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 
(``Title IX''), this notice lists federal financial assistance 
administered by the U.S. SBA that is 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 of the

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Title IX common rule requires each federal agency that awards federal 
financial assistance to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the 
federal financial assistance covered by the Title IX regulations within 
sixty (60) days after the effective date of the final common rule. The 
final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX was published in the 
Federal Register by the twenty-one (21) federal agencies, including 
SBA, on August 30, 2000 (65 FR 52857-52895). SBA's portion of the final 
common rule will be codified at 13 CFR Part 113.

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 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). Title IX 
and the Title IX common rule prohibit discrimination on the basis of 
sex in the operation of, and the provision or denial of benefits by, 
education programs or activities conducted not only by educational 
institutions but by other entities as well, including, for example, 
SBA-funded small business development centers and for profit and 
nonprofit organizations that receive SBA disaster loans.

List of Federal Financial Assistance Administered by the U.S. Small 
Business Administration to Which Title IX Applies

    Note: All recipients of federal financial assistance from SBA 
are subject to Title IX, but Title IX's anti-discrimination 
prohibitions are limited to the educational components of the 
recipient's program or activity, if any.

    Failure to list a type of federal assistance below shall not mean, 
if Title IX is otherwise applicable, that a program or activity is not 
covered by Title IX.
    Information on SBA federal financial assistance can be found by 
consulting the Catalog of Domestic Financial Assistance (CFDA) at 
http://www.cfda.gov. If using the Internet site, please select ``Search 
Catalog,'' select ``Browse the Catalog--By Agency,'' and then click on 
``Small Business Administration.'' Catalog information is also 
available by calling, toll free, 1-800-699-8331 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 following types of federal financial assistance administered 
through SBA are listed in the CFDA. For further information on any of 
these types of federal financial assistance, please consult the CFDA.

Economic Injury Disaster Loans
Business Development Assistance to Small Business
8(a) Business Development
Management and Technical Assistance for Socially and Economically 
Disadvantaged Businesses
Physical Disaster Loans
Procurement Assistance to Small Businesses
Small Business Investment Companies
Bond Guarantees for Surety Companies
Service Corps of Retired Executives Association
Small Business Development Centers
Certified Development Company Loans (504 Loans)
Women's Business Ownership Assistance
Veterans Entrepreneurial Training and Counseling
Microloan Demonstration Program
Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Certification and Eligibility

(Authority: 28 U.S.C. 1681-1688)

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
James A. Westbrooks,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 
and Civil Rights Compliance.
[FR Doc. 00-30780 Filed 12-1-00; 8:45 am]
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