Some schools have opted entirely or in part out of Title IX. To opt entirely out of Title IX, the school must refuse any federal grants or aid. To opt in part out of Title IX obligations (e.g. gender identity, sexual orientation clauses), the school must request the exemption from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights.
Entities that may apply for exemption from Title IX include:
- Private undergraduate colleges (admissions exempt)
- Public elementary and secondary schools (admissions exempt)
- Private schools controlled by religious organizations (any application contrary to religious tenets exempt, after approved request to U.S. Dept. of Education)
- Schools training individuals for military services or merchant marine (completely exempt)
- Social fraternities of sororities (membership practices exempt)
- Young Men’s Christian Association, Young Women’s Christian Association, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Camp Fire Girls (membership practices exempt)
- Voluntary youth services organizations (membership practices exempt)
- Boys or girls conferences
Schools that are entirely exempt from Title IX
Examples of schools that are entirely exempt from Title IX include:
- Hillsdale College in Michigan
- Grove City College in Pennsylvania
- Christendom College in Virginia
- Pensacola Christian College in Florida
- Patrick Henry College in Virginia
- Wyoming Catholic College
- Gutenberg College in Oregon
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudic Seminary of Denver
To learn if your school has opted all or in part out of Title IX, please see:
Exempt from Title IX pregnancy and parenting provisions
This chart (32K), obtained from the U.S. Department of Education, lists all of the institutions that currently hold a religious exemption and all those that have a religious exemption request pending with OCR. It is recommended that you review this list to see if your school is on here.
This list includes institutions that have received waivers related to Title IX’s pregnancy and parenting provisions since 2009. To review all correspondence, including exemption requests and U.S. Department of Education responses, click HERE.
- Anderson University, South Carolina (2015) Decision, Request
- Bethel College, Indiana (2015) Decision, Request
- Carson-Newman University, Tennessee (2015) Decision, Request
- Charleston Southern University, South Carolina (2015) Decision, Request
- Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, Kentucky (2016) Decision, Request
- Covenant College, Georgia (2015) Decision, Request
- East Texas Baptist University, Texas (2015) Decision, Request
- Fresno Pacific University, California (2015) Decision, Request
- Geneva College, Pennsylvania (2015) Decision, Request
- Hannibal-LaGrange University, Missouri (2015) Decision, Request
- Hardin-Simmons University, Texas (2016) Decision, Request
- Howard Payne University, Texas (2015) Decision, Request
- Judson College, Alabama (2015) Decision, Request
- Liberty University, Virginia (2014) Decision, Request
- Louisiana College, Louisiana (2015) Decision, Request
- Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Wisconsin (2013) Decision, Request
- Mississippi College, Mississippi (2015) Decision, Request
- North Greenville University, South Carolina (2015) Decision, Request
- Northwest Nazarene University, Idaho (2014) Decision, Request
- Oklahoma Baptist University, Oklahoma (2014) Decision, Request
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, North Carolina (2016) Decision, Request
- Southern Nazarene University, Oklahoma (2016) Decision, Request
- Southern Wesleyan University, South Carolina (2015) Decision, Request
- Spring Arbor University, Michigan (2014) Decision, Request
- The Baptist College of Florida, Florida (2014) Decision, Request
- Toccoa Falls College, Georgia (2015) Decision, Request
- Union University, Tennessee (2015) Decision, Request
- University of the Cumberlands, Kentucky (2015) Decision, Request
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas (2015) Decision, Request
- University of Mobile, Alabama (2015) Decision, Request
- Wayland Baptist University, Texas (2015) Decision, Request
- Williams Baptist College, Arkansas (2014) Decision, Request
- William-Carey University, Mississippi (2016) Decision, Request