Title IX requirements apply to which of the following?

• A. Private school not receiving federal funding
• B. Foreign entity
• C. Education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance
• D. Food or agricultural co-op

Answer: (C)

Title IX coverage kicks in whenever an education program or activity receives federal financial assistance. That federal funding is what brings the program under Title IX’s protections against sex discrimination, so the best description is an education program or activity that receives federal funds.

Private schools that don’t receive federal funds aren’t automatically bound by Title IX in the same way, and a foreign entity isn’t automatically covered unless it runs an education program in the U.S. that receives federal money. A food or agricultural co-op isn’t an education program, so it wouldn’t fall under Title IX unless it also functions as part of a federally funded education program.