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Executive
Order
13160
of
June
23,
2000
Nondiscrimination
on
the
Basis
of Race,
Sex,
Color,
National
Origin,
Disability,
Religion,
Age,
Sexual
Orientation,
and
Sta-
tus
as
a
Parent
in
Federally
Conducted
Education
and
Train-
ing
Programs
By
the
authority
vested
in
me
as
President
by
the
Constitution
and
the
laws
of
the
United
States
of
America,
including
sections
921—932
of
title
20,
United
States
Code;
section
2164
of title
10,
United
States
Code;
section
2001
et
seq.,
of
title
25,
United
States
Code;
section
7301
of title
5,
United
States
Code; and
section
301
of title
3,
United
States
Code,
and
to
achieve
equal
opportunity
in
Federally
conducted
education
and
training
programs
and
activities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section
1.
Statement
of policy
on
education
programs
and
activities
con-
ducted by executive departments
and
agencies.
1—101.
The
Federal
Government
must
hold
itself
to
at least
the
same
prin-
ciples
of
nondiscrimination
in
educational
opportunities
as
it
applies
to
the
education
programs
and
activities
of State
and
local
governments,
and
to
private
institutions
receiving
Federal
financial
assistance.
Existing
laws
and
regulations
prohibit
certain
forms
of
discrimination
in
Federally con-
ducted education and training
programs and activities—including discrimina-
tion
against
people
with
disabilities,
prohibited
by
the
Rehabilitation
Act
of
1973,
29
U.S.C.
701
et
seq.,
as
amended,
employment
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
race,
color,
national
origin,
sex,
or
religion,
prohibited
by
Title
VII
of
the
Civil
Rights
Act
of
1964,
42
U.S.C.
2000e-17,
as
amended,
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
race,
color,
national
origin,
or
religion
in
educational
programs
receiving
Federal
assistance,
under
Title
VI
of
the
Civil
Rights
Acts
of
1964,
42
U.S.C.
2000d,
and
sex-based
discrimination
in
education
programs
receiving
Federal
assistance
under
Title
IX
of
the
Education
Amendments
of
1972,
20
U.S.C.
1681
et seq.
Through
this Execu-
tive
Order,
discrimination
on
the
basis
of race,
sex,
color,
national
origin,
disability,
religion,
age,
sexual
orientation,
and
status
as
a
parent
will
be
prohibited
in
Federally
conducted
education
and
training
programs
and
activities.
1—102.
No
individual,
on
the
basis
of race,
sex,
color,
national
origin,
dis-
ability,
religion,
age,
sexual
orientation,
or
status
as
a
parent,
shall
be ex-
cludeci
from
participation
in,
be
denied
the
benefits
of,
or
be
subjected
to
discrimination
in,
a
Federally
conducted
education
or
training
program
or activity.
Sec.
2.
Definitions.
2—20 1.
‘Federally
conducted
education
and training
programs
and activities”
includes
programs
and
activities
conducted,
operated,
or
undertaken
by
an
executive department or agency.
2—202.
“Education
and
training
programs
and
activities”
include,
but
are
not
limited to,
formal schools, extracurricular
activities,
academic
programs,
occupational
training,
scholarships
and
fellowships,
student
internships,
training
for industry members, summer enrichment
camps, and teacher train-
ing programs.
2—203.
The
Attorney
General
is
authorized
to
make
a
final
determination
as
to
whether
a
program
falls
within
the
5CO~C
of
education
and
training
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programs
and
activities
covered
by
this
order,
under
subsection
2—202,
or
is
excluded from coverage, under section
3.
2—204.
“Military
education
or
training
programs”
are
those
education
and
training
programs
conducted
by
the
Department
of
Defense
or,
where
the
Coast Guard
is
concerned, the
Department of Transportation,
for the
primary
purpose
of
educating
or
training
members
of
the
armed
forces
or
meeting
a
statutory
requirement
to
educate
or
train
Federal,
State,
or
local
civilian
law enforcement officials pursuant to 10
U.S.C. Chapter
18.
2—205.
“Armed Forces” means the Armed Forces of the
United States.
2—206.
“Status
as
a
parent”
refers
to
the
status
of an
individual
who,
with
respect
to
an
individual
who
is
under
the
age
of
18
or
who
is
18
or
older but
is
incapable
of
self-care because
of
a
physical or mental
disability,
is:
(a)
a
biological
parent;
(b)
an
adoptive
parent;
(c)
a
foster
parent;
(d)
a
stepparent;
(e)
a
custodian
of a
legal
ward;
(f)
in
loco
parentis
over
such
an
individual;
or
(g)
actively
seeking
legal
custody
or
adoption
of
such
an
individual.
Sec.
3.
Exemption from coverage.
3—301.
This
order
does not
apply
to
members
of the
armed
forces,
military
education or training
programs, or authorized
intelligence activities. Members
of the
armed
forces, including
students at
military
academies,
will
continue
to
be covered by regulations
that
currently bar specified
forms
of discrimina-
tion
that
are
now
enforced by the
Department
of Defense
and the individual
service
branches.
The
Department
of Defense
shall
develop
procedures
to
protect
the
rights
of and
to
provide
redress
to
civilians
not
otherwise
pro-
tected
by
existing
Federal
law
from
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
race,
sex,
color,
national
origin,
disability,
religion,
age,
sexual
orientation,
or
status
as
a
parent
and
who
participate
in
military
education
or
training
programs or activities conducted
by the Department of Defense.
3—302.
This
order
does
not
apply
to,
affect,
interfere
with,
or
modify
the
operation of any otherwise lawful affirmative action
plan or program.
3—303.
An
individual
shall
not
be
deemed
subjected
to
discrimination
by
reason
of
his
or
her
exclusion
from
the
benefits
of
a
program
established
consistent
with
federal
law
or
limited
by
Federal
law
to
individuals
of
a
particular
race,
sex,
color,
disability,
national