Pursuant to regulations prescribed under section 6103 of this title, and except as provided by section 6103(b) and section 6103(c) of this title, no person in the United States shall, on the basis of age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
42 U.S.C. § 6102
- program or activity
- the term "program or activity" means all of the operations of-(A)(i) a department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or of a local government; or(ii) the entity of such State or local government that distributes such assistance and each such department or agency (and each other State or local government entity) to which the assistance is extended, in the case of assistance to a State or local government;(B)(i) a college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or a public system of higher education; or(ii) a local educational agency (as defined in section 7801 of title 20), system of vocational education, or other school system;(C)(i) an entire corporation, partnership, or other private organization, or an entire sole proprietorship-(I) if assistance is extended to such corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; or(II) which is principally engaged in the business of providing education, health care, housing, social services, or parks and recreation; or(ii) the entire plant or other comparable, geographically separate facility to which Federal financial assistance is extended, in the case of any other corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship; or(D) any other entity which is established by two or more of the entities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C);any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance.