---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 8a.220"
title: "15"
number: "8a.220"
heading: "Admissions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/8a.220"
---

# §8a.220. Admissions.

- (a) Admissions to educational institutions prior to June 24, 1973, are not covered by these Title IX regulations.
- (b) **Administratively separate units.** For the purposes only of this section, §§ [8a.225](/cfr/15/8a.225.md) and [8a.230](/cfr/15/8a.230.md), and [§§ 8a.300 through 8a.310](/cfr/15/8a.300..8a.310.md), each administratively separate unit shall be deemed to be an educational institution.
- (c) **Application of §§ 8a.300 through .310.** Except as provided in paragraphs [(d)](#d) and [(e)](#e) of this section, [§§ 8a.300 through 8a.310](/cfr/15/8a.300..8a.310.md) apply to each recipient. A recipient to which [§§ 8a.300 through 8a.310](/cfr/15/8a.300..8a.310.md) apply shall not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission or recruitment in violation of [§§ 8a.300 through 8a.310](/cfr/15/8a.300..8a.310.md).
- (d) **Educational institutions.** Except as provided in [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section as to recipients that are educational institutions, [§§ 8a.300 through 8a.310](/cfr/15/8a.300..8a.310.md) apply 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.** [§§ 8a.300 through 8a.310](/cfr/15/8a.300..8a.310.md) do not apply to any public institution of undergraduate higher education that traditionally and continually from its establishment has had a policy of admitting students of only one sex.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 52865, 52877, Aug. 30, 2000, unless otherwise noted.