§ 216.9 — Unfair or discriminatory practices — education

Iowa § 216.9

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 216: OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

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1. It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate
onthebasisofrace, creed, color, sex, sexualorientation, nationalorigin, religion, ordisability
in any program or activity. Such discriminatory practices shall include but not be limited to
the following practices:
a. Exclusion of a person or persons from participation in, denial of the benefits of,
or subjection to discrimination in any academic, extracurricular, research, occupational
training, or other program or activity except athletic programs;
b. Denial of comparable opportunity in intramural and interscholastic athletic programs;
c. Discrimination among persons in employment and the conditions of employment;
d. On the basis of sex, the application of any rule concerning the actual or potential
parental, family or marital status of a person, or the exclusion of any person from any
program or activity or employment because of pregnancy or related conditions dependent
upon the physician’s diagnosis and certification.
2. For the purpose of this section, “educational institution” includes any preschool,
elementary or secondary school, community college, area education agency, or
postsecondary college or university and their governing boards. This section does not
prohibit an educational institution from maintaining separate toilet facilities, locker rooms,
or living facilities for the different sexes so long as comparable facilities are provided.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any bona fide religious institution
fromimposingqualificationsbasedonreligionorsexualorientationwhensuchqualifications
are related to a bona fide religious purpose or any institution from admitting students of
only one sex.

Legislative History

[C79, 81, §601A.9]