Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 261H · 8 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Benefit” with respect to a student organization at a public institution of higher education means any of the following: a. Recognition. b. Registration. c. Use of facilities for meetings or speaking purposes. d. Use of channels of communication. e. Acc…
1. The state board of regents and the board of directors of each community college shall adopt a policy that includes all of the following statements: a. That the primary function of an institution of higher education is the discovery, improvement, transmission, and dissemination of knowledge by means of research, teac…
1. Noncommercial expressive activities protected under the provisions of this chapter include but are not limited to any lawful oral or written means by which members of the campus community may communicate ideas to one another, including but not limited to all forms of peaceful assembly, protests, speeches including b…
1. The outdoor areas of campuses of public institutions of higher education in this state shall be deemed public forums. Public institutions of higher education may maintain and enforce clear, published, reasonable viewpoint-neutral time, place, and manner restrictions that are narrowly tailored in furtherance of a sig…
1. A member of the campus community aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file a complaint with the governing body of the public institution of higher education. 2. A member of the campus community aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may assert such violation as a defense or counterclaim in a disciplinary a…
Each public institution of higher education shall provide training on free speech under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States to all students, faculty, and staff on an annual basis, which elected officials and staff shall be permitted to attend.
1. Each institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents shall make a student government organization’s access to and authority over any moneys disbursed to the student government organization by the institution contingent upon the student government organization’s compliance with the first amendm…
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Race or sex scapegoating” means assigning fault, blame, or bias to a race or sex, or to members of a race or sex because of their race or sex, or claiming that, consciously or unconsciously, and by virtue of persons’ race or sex, members of any…