Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

This chapter shall not be interpreted to affect the liability of any person, covered institution, or lending institution under any other state statute or rule. 2008 Acts, ch 1132, §13

1. A covered institution shall do the following: a. Develop, in consultation with the college student aid commission, a code of conduct governing educational loan activities with which the covered institution’s officers, employees, and agents shall comply. b. Publish the code of …

1. Gift ban. No officer, employee, or agent of a covered institution who is employed in the financial aid office of the institution, or who otherwise has direct responsibilities with respect to educational loans, shall solicit or accept any gift from a lender, guarantor, or servi…

1. A lending institution shall prohibit an employee or agent of the lending institution from being identified to borrowers or prospective borrowers of a covered institution as an employee, representative, or agent of the covered institution. 2. A covered institution shall prohibi…

1. A covered institution that has entered into a preferred lender arrangement with a lender regarding private educational loans shall inform the borrower or prospective borrower of all available state education financing options, and financing options under Tit. IV of the federal…

1. A covered institution may make available a list of preferred lenders, in print or any other medium or form, for use by the covered institution’s students or their parents, provided the list meets the following conditions: a. The list is not used to deny or otherwise impede a b…

Except for educational loans made, insured, or guaranteed by the federal government, a lending institution included on a covered institution’s preferred lender list shall, upon receiving a request from a borrower, covered institution, or government entity, disclose to the request…

1. If after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing the attorney general determines that a covered institution or lending institution has violated a provision of this chapter , the covered institution or lending institution may be liable for a civil penalty of up to fiv…

1. The attorney general shall administer this chapter and promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 17A , necessary for the implementation of this chapter . Unless otherwise provided, all actions by the attorney general pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of c…

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the college student aid commission to enter into or recognize agreements that will create interstate reciprocity in the regulation of postsecondary distance education for the purpose of encouraging cost savings for students and greater …

1. “Commission” means the college student aid commission created pursuant to section 256.176 . 2. “Interstate reciprocity agreement” means an interstate reciprocity agreement entered into and administered, or recognized, by the commission in accordance with section 256.177, subse…

The commission shall only enter into or recognize an interstate reciprocity agreement if the agreement contains sufficient consumer protection provisions and is otherwise in the best interests of students enrolled in institutions of higher education in this state. 2014 Acts, ch 1…

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a participating nonresident institution shall not be required to register under chapter 261B or to comply with the registration and disclosure requirements of chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 4, or chapter 261B or se…

1. The commission shall set by rule and collect a nonrefundable initial registration fee and a renewal of registration fee from each participating institution that voluntarily registers with the commission pursuant to section 261B.11B in order to comply with this chapter or for p…

This chapter shall not be construed to affect the authority of the attorney general pursuant to section 714.16 . 2014 Acts, ch 1063, §10

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.…

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…

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 …

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 n…

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 def…

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. 2021 Acts, …

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 organiz…

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 virtu…

For the purposes of this chapter : 1. “Educational institution” means any of the following: a. A nonpublic school accredited pursuant to section 256.11 . b. A public school district. c. An institution governed by the state board of regents pursuant to chapter 262 . d. A community…

1. a. An interscholastic athletic team, sport, or athletic event that is sponsored or sanctioned by an educational institution or organization must be designated as one of the following, based on the sex at birth of the participating students: (1) Females, women, or girls. (2) Ma…

As used in this chapter : 1. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion” includes all of the following: a. Any effort to manipulate or otherwise influence the composition of the faculty or student body with reference to race, sex, color, or ethnicity, apart from ensuring colorblind and se…

A public institution of higher education shall not, except as otherwise provided by federal or state law or accreditation standards, do any of the following: 1. Establish or maintain a diversity, equity, and inclusion office. 2. Hire or assign an employee of the public institutio…

1. A public institution of higher education shall not, except as otherwise provided by federal or state law or accreditation standards, expend any moneys appropriated by the general assembly or any other moneys derived from bequests, charges, deposits, donations, endowments, fees…

Each institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents shall, on or before December 1 of each year, submit an annual report to the general assembly and the governor that certifies the institution’s compliance with this chapter . 2024 Acts, ch 1152, §34, 37 ; …

Any person may notify the attorney general of a public institution of higher education’s potential violation of section 261J.2 . The attorney general may bring an action against a public institution of higher education for a writ of mandamus to compel the public institution of hi…

For purposes of this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Accrediting agency” means an entity that provides accreditation of public institutions of higher education and that is not a government agency. 2. “Public institution of higher education” means an instituti…

1. An accrediting agency shall not take any adverse action against a public institution of higher education for complying with a state law or refusing to violate a state law. 2. Any adverse action taken by an accrediting agency against a public institution of higher education bas…

A public institution of higher education that is negatively affected by adverse action taken against the institution by an accrediting agency in violation of section 261K.2 may bring a civil action against the accrediting agency in this state if authorized by the attorney general…

1. For the purposes of this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Institution” means an institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents or a community college established under chapter 260C . “Institution” also includes the faculty, staff, an…

The state board of regents consists of nine members, eight of whom shall be selected from the state at large solely with regard to their qualifications and fitness to discharge the duties of the office. The ninth member shall be a student enrolled on a full-time basis in good sta…

1. No sale or purchase of real estate shall be made save upon the order of the board, made at a regular meeting, or one called for that purpose, and then in such manner and under such terms as the board may prescribe. No member of the board or any of its committees, offices or ag…

All acts of the board relating to the management, purchase, disposition, or use of lands and other property of said institutions shall be entered of record, which shall show the members present, and how each voted upon each proposition. The board may, in its discretion, delegate …

The board of regents shall also have and exercise all the powers necessary and convenient for the effective administration of its office and of the institutions under its control, and to this end may create such committees, offices and agencies from its own members or others, and…

The board may authorize any institution under its control to commission one or more of its employees as peace officers. Such officers shall have the same powers, duties, privileges, and immunities as conferred on regular peace officers. The board shall provide as rapidly as pract…

The board may invest funds belonging to the institutions, subject to chapters 12F , 12H , 12J , and 12K and the following regulations: 1. Each loan shall be secured by a mortgage paramount to all other liens upon approved farm lands in this state, accompanied by abstract showing …

The board shall have charge of the foreclosure of all mortgages and of all collections from delinquent debtors to said institutions. All actions shall be in the name of the state board of regents, for the use and benefit of the appropriate institution. [SS15, §2682-t; C24, 27, 31…

When loans are paid, the board shall release mortgages securing the same as follows: 1. By a satisfaction piece signed and acknowledged by the treasurer of the institution to which the loan belongs, which shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county where said mo…

In case of a sale upon execution, the premises may be bid off in the name of the board of regents, for the benefit of the institution to which the loan belongs. [SS15, §2682-t; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3929; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.17 ]

Deeds for premises so acquired shall be held for the benefit of the appropriate institution and such lands shall be subject to lease or sale the same as other lands. [SS15, §2682-t; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3930; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.18 ]

No lapse of time shall be a bar to any action to recover on any loan made on behalf of any institution. [C97, §2637; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3931; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.19 ]

The members shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate. Prior to appointing the ninth member as specified in section 262.1 , the governor shall consult with the appropriate student body government at the institution at which the proposed appointee is…