Iowa § 279.73 Intellectual freedom — protection — complaints

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§ 279.73 — Intellectual freedom — protection — complaints

Iowa § 279.73

Title VIIEDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE

Ch. 279DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES

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Iowa Code § 279.73 (2026).

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1.The board of directors of each school district shall protect the intellectual freedom of the school district’s students and practitioners and shall establish and publicize policies that protectstudentsandfacultyfromdiscriminationbasedonspeech. Apersonshallnotretaliate against a person who files a complaint for a violation of this section. If the person who files a complaint for a violation of this section is an employee of the school district, the provisions of section 70A.29 shall apply.

2.If the board of directors of the school district or a court finds that an employee of the school district who holds a license, certificate, statement of recognition, or authorization issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, discriminated against a stude

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1. The board of directors of each school district shall protect the intellectual freedom of
the school district’s students and practitioners and shall establish and publicize policies that
protectstudentsandfacultyfromdiscriminationbasedonspeech. Apersonshallnotretaliate
against a person who files a complaint for a violation of this section. If the person who files
a complaint for a violation of this section is an employee of the school district, the provisions
of section 70A.29 shall apply.
2. If the board of directors of the school district or a court finds that an employee of the
school district who holds a license, certificate, statement of recognition, or authorization
issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3,
discriminated against a student or employee in violation of this section, the employee found
to be in violation under this section shall be subject to a hearing conducted by the board
of educational examiners pursuant to section 256.146, subsection 13, which may result in
disciplinary action and the employee’s employment may be terminated.