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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 13A.01.07.01" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="07" heading="Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter implements Education Article, §§2-303(b) and 26-701 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland, prohibiting unlawful discrimination and retaliation in education in Maryland public and nonpublic schools that receive State funds.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This chapter applies to the following entities in Maryland:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All county boards of education;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>All public prekindergarten programs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>All public primary and secondary schools;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>All nonpublic prekindergarten programs that receive State funds; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>All nonpublic primary or secondary schools that receive State funds.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>This chapter does not apply to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>With respect to discrimination on the basis of sex, a prekindergarten program or school that limits admission to students of only one sex;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>With respect to discrimination on the basis of religion, a nonpublic prekindergarten program or nonpublic school that is affiliated with a religious institution:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Providing instruction on the religious beliefs of the religion with which the program or school is affiliated;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Declining to provide instruction in beliefs that are different from the religion with which the program or school is affiliated;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Requiring student attendance at religious events inherent to the religion with which the program or school is affiliated;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Having a preference in or limiting admission to a student of certain religious beliefs or a student who is a member or is part of a family that is a member of the religious institution affiliated with the program or school, if the program or school has had the preference or limitation continually since the date on which the program or school was established; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Granting tuition discounts for a student of certain religious beliefs or who is a member or is part of a family that is a member of the religious institution affiliated with the program or school if the practice of granting the discounts was established the later of before July 1, 2022, or since the date on which the program or school was established; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>With respect to discrimination on the basis of disability, a nonpublic prekindergarten program or nonpublic school that is in compliance with §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §794 et seq., or the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., as applicable.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>