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IA Code § 261G.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY|Section 261G.2 - Definitions.

261G.2 Definitions.   1. “Commission” means the college student aid commission created pursuant to section 261.1.   2. “Interstate reciprocity agreement” means an interstate reciprocity agreement entered into and administered, or recognized, by the commission in accordance with section 261.2, subsection 12.   3. “Participating institution” means an institution that meets the definition of subsection 4 or 5.   4. “Participating nonresident institution” means a postsecondary institution without a physical presence in Iowa that is offering instructional programs or courses in Iowa leading to a degree, is a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement, and is registered with and regulated by a state agency or authority that is a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement.   5. “Participating resident institution” means a postsecondary institution located in Iowa that is a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement and is offering instructional programs or courses in Iowa leading to a degree, including but not limited to the following institutions:   a. A community college as defined in section 260C.2.   b. An institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.   c. An accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.   d. A school or postsecondary educational institution that voluntarily registers with the commission pursuant to section 261B.11B in order to comply with this chapter or for purposes of institutional eligibility under  34 C.F.R. §600.9(a)  .   6. “Physical presence” means any of the following:   a. Establishing a physical location in Iowa for students to receive synchronous or asynchronous instruction.   b. Requiring students to physically meet in a location in Iowa for instructional purposes.   c. Establishing an administrative office in Iowa, for any of the following purposes:   (1) Providing information to prospective students or the general public about the institution, for enrolling students, or for providing services to enrolled students.   (2) Providing office space to instructional or noninstructional staff.   (3) Establishing an Iowa mailing address, street address, or telephone number.  2014 Acts, ch 1063, §6  Referred to in §261.2
IA Code § 261G.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY|Section 261G.3 - Execution of duties.

261G.3 Execution of duties.   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 1063, §7
IA Code § 261G.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY|Section 261G.4 - Effect of agreement.

261G.4 Effect of agreement.   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 261 or 261B or section 714.17, subsections 2 and 3, or sections 714.18, 714.20, 714.21, and 714.23, or section 714.24, subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, or section 714.25, if the provisions of an interstate reciprocity agreement prohibit such registration or compliance.   2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a participating resident institution shall be required to register under chapter 261B or to comply with the registration and disclosure requirements of chapter 261 or 261B or section 714.17, subsections 2 and 3, or sections 714.18, 714.20, 714.21, and 714.23, or section 714.24, subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, or section 714.25, if the provisions of the interstate reciprocity agreement require such registration or compliance.   3. A participating institution offering instructional programs or courses under an interstate reciprocity agreement entered into or recognized by the commission must notify the commission of any change of status relating in any way to the interstate reciprocity agreement.   4. This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the commission or the state from requiring a school or other postsecondary educational institution to register under chapter 261B or from taking enforcement action against a participating institution in any of the following circumstances:   a. A participating nonresident institution leaves or otherwise ceases to be a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement.   b. The participating institution is physically or administratively housed in a state that does not join or ceases to be a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement entered into or recognized by the commission.   c. The discovery of acts or omissions subject to the enforcement action but which occurred prior to the commission’s entering into or recognizing an interstate reciprocity agreement.   5. Students attending a participating nonresident institution are ineligible for state student financial aid programs established under chapter 261.  2014 Acts, ch 1063, §8; 2015 Acts, ch 107, §1, 3; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §90  Referred to in §714.23
IA Code § 261G.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY|Section 261G.5 - Postsecondary registration fees.

261G.5 Postsecondary registration fees.   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 purposes of institutional eligibility under  34 C.F.R. §600.9(a)  .   2. Fees shall be set by rule not more than once each year and shall be based upon the costs of administering this chapter.   3. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in a separate account in the postsecondary registration fund created pursuant to section 261B.8, subsection 3, and shall be used for purposes of administering this chapter.  2014 Acts, ch 1063, §9
IA Code § 261G.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY|Section 261G.6 - Enforcement.

261G.6 Enforcement.   This chapter shall not be construed to affect the authority of the attorney general pursuant to section 714.16.  2014 Acts, ch 1063, §10
IA Code § 261H.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION|Section 261H.1 - Definitions.

261H.1 Definitions.   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. Access to funding sources that are otherwise available to other student groups.   2. “Campus community” means students, administrators, faculty, and staff at a public institution of higher education and guests invited to a public institution of higher education by the institution’s students, administrators, faculty, or staff.   3. “Materially and substantially disrupts” means when a person, with the intent to or with knowledge of doing so, engages in violent or other disorderly conduct that significantly hinders a previously scheduled or reserved activity occurring on university grounds, buildings, and facilities. “Materially and substantially disrupts” does not include conduct that is protected under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, including but not limited to lawful protests and counterprotests.   4. “Outdoor areas of campus” means the generally accessible outside areas of campus where students, administrators, faculty, and staff at a public institution of higher education are commonly allowed, such as grassy areas, walkways, or other similar common areas and does not include areas outside health care facilities including both stand-alone facilities and mixed-use facilities that are embedded within another facility, veterinary medicine facilities, a facility or outdoor area used by the institution’s athletics program or teams, or other outdoor areas where access is restricted to a majority of the campus community. In recognition of the healing environment that is essential to its clinical purposes, the areas outside health care facilities, including both stand-alone facilities and mixed-use facilities that are embedded within another facility, are not designated public forums.   5. “Public institution of higher education” means a community college established under chapter 260C or an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.   6. “Student” means an individual who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis at a public institution of higher education.   7. “Student organization” means a group officially recognized at or officially registered by a public institution of higher education, or a group seeking such official recognition or official registration, comprised of students who are admitted and in attendance at the public institution of higher education, and who receive, or are seeking to receive, student organization benefits or privileges through the public institution of higher education.  2019 Acts, ch 11, §1, 7
IA Code § 261H.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION|Section 261H.2 - Policy adoption.

261H.2 Policy adoption.   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:   1. That the primary function of an institution of higher education is the discovery, improvement, transmission, and dissemination of knowledge by means of research, teaching, discussion, and debate. This statement shall provide that, to fulfill this function, the institution must strive to ensure the fullest degree of intellectual freedom and free expression allowed under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.   2. a. That it is not the proper role of an institution of higher education to shield individuals from speech protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which may include ideas and opinions the individual finds unwelcome, disagreeable, or even offensive.   b. That it is the proper role of an institution of higher education to encourage diversity of thoughts, ideas, and opinions and to encourage, within the bounds of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the peaceful, respectful, and safe exercise of first amendment rights.   3. That students and faculty have the freedom to discuss any problem that presents itself, assemble, and engage in spontaneous expressive activity on campus, within the bounds of established principles of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that are consistent with established first amendment principles.   4. That the outdoor areas of campus of an institution of higher education are public forums, open on the same terms to any invited speaker subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that are consistent with established principles of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.  2019 Acts, ch 11, §2, 7
IA Code § 261H.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION|Section 261H.4 - Public forums on campus — freedom of association.

261H.4 Public forums on campus — freedom of association.   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 significant institutional interest, but shall allow members of the campus community to engage in spontaneous expressive activity and to distribute literature. Restrictions instituted by a public institution of higher education under this section shall provide for ample alternative means of expression.   2. Except as provided in this chapter, and subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions, a public institution of higher education shall not designate any area of campus a free-speech zone or otherwise create policies restricting expressive activities to a particular outdoor area of campus.   3. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant individuals the right to engage in conduct that intentionally, materially, and substantially disrupts the expressive activity of a person or student organization if the public institution of higher education has reserved space in an outdoor area of campus for activity by the person or student organization in accordance with this chapter.  2019 Acts, ch 11, §4, 7
IA Code § 261H.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION|Section 261H.5 - Remedies — statute of limitations — immunity.

261H.5 Remedies — statute of limitations — immunity.   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 action or in a civil or administrative proceeding brought against the member of the campus community.   3. A member of the campus community shall bring a claim for violation of this chapter pursuant to this section not later than one year after the day the cause of action accrues.   4. This section shall not be interpreted to limit any other remedies available to a member of the campus community.   5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to make any administrator, officer, employee, or agent of a public institution of higher education personally liable for acts taken pursuant to the individual’s official duties.  2019 Acts, ch 11, §5, 7
IA Code § 262.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.1 - Membership.

262.1 Membership.   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 standing at either the graduate or undergraduate level at one of the institutions listed in section 262.7, subsection 1, 2, or 3, at the time of the member’s appointment. Not more than five members shall be of the same political party.  [S13, §2682-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3912; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.1]  88 Acts, ch 1260, §1  Referred to in §262.2, 262.6
IA Code § 262.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.2 - Appointment — term of office.

262.2 Appointment — term of office.   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 enrolled. The term of each member of the board shall be for six years, unless the ninth member, appointed in accordance with section 262.1, graduates or is no longer enrolled at an institution of higher education under the board’s control, at which time the term of the ninth member shall expire one year from the date on which the member graduates or is no longer enrolled in an institution of higher education under the board’s control. However, if within that year the ninth member reenrolls in any institution of higher education under the board’s control on a full-time basis and is a student in good standing at either the graduate or undergraduate level, the term of the ninth member shall continue in effect. The terms of three members of the board shall begin and expire in each odd-numbered year as provided in section 69.19.  [S13, §2682-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3913, 3914; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §262.2, 262.3; C81, §262.2; 81 Acts, ch 86, §1]  2004 Acts, ch 1047, §1  Confirmation, see §2.32
IA Code § 262.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.4 - Removals.

262.4 Removals.   The governor, with the approval of a majority of the senate during a session of the general assembly, may remove any member of the board for malfeasance in office, or for any cause which would render the member ineligible for appointment or incapable or unfit to discharge the duties of office, and the member’s removal, when so made, shall be final.  [S13, §2682-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3916; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.4]
IA Code § 262.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.5 - Suspension.

262.5 Suspension.   When the general assembly is not in session, the governor may suspend any member so disqualified and shall appoint another to fill the vacancy thus created, subject to the approval of the senate when next in session.  [S13, §2682-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3917; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.5]
IA Code § 262.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.6 - Vacancies.

262.6 Vacancies.   Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner in which regular appointments are required to be made. If the ninth member resigns prior to the expiration of the term, the individual appointed to fill the vacancy shall meet the requirements for the ninth member specified in section 262.1. Other vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of the ninth member’s term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments for those vacancies.  [S13, §2682-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3918; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.6]  88 Acts, ch 1260, §2
IA Code § 262.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.7 - Institutions governed.

262.7 Institutions governed.   The state board of regents shall govern the following institutions:   1. The state university of Iowa, including the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics.   2. The Iowa state university of science and technology, including the agricultural experiment station.   3. The university of northern Iowa.   4. The Iowa braille and sight saving school.   5. The Iowa school for the deaf.   6. The Oakdale campus.   7. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics’ center for disabilities and development.  [R60, §2157, 2158; C73, §1685, 1686; C97, §2723; S13, §2682-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3919; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.7]  2001 Acts, ch 181, §15; 2006 Acts, ch 1051, §3; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §12  Referred to in §8.6, 11.1, 262.1, 262.34B, 262.71  Subsection 5 amended
IA Code § 262.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.8 - Meetings.

262.8 Meetings.   The board shall meet four times a year. Special meetings may be called by the board, by the president of the board, or by the executive director of the board upon written request of any five members thereof.  [S13, §2682-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3920; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §262.8]  2006 Acts, ch 1051, §4
IA Code § 262.9A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.9A - Prohibition of controlled substances.

262.9A Prohibition of controlled substances.   The state board of regents shall adopt a policy that prohibits unlawful possession, use, or distribution of controlled substances by students and employees on property owned or leased by an institution or in conjunction with activities sponsored by an institution governed by the board. Each institution shall provide information about the policy to all students and employees. The policy shall include a clear statement of sanctions for violation of the policy and information about available drug or alcohol counseling and rehabilitation programs. In carrying out this policy, the institutions shall provide substance abuse prevention programs for students and employees.  91 Acts, ch 267, §235
IA Code § 262.9C (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS|Section 262.9C - Span of control policy.

262.9C Span of control policy.   1. The state board of regents shall develop and maintain a policy regarding the aggregate ratio of the number of employees per supervisory employee at each of the institutions under the control of the board subject to the requirements of this section.   2. The target span of control aggregate ratio of supervisory employees to other employees shall be one to fifteen. The target span of control ratio shall not apply to employees involved with direct patient care, faculty, and employees in other areas of the institutions that must maintain different span of control ratios due to federal or state regulations.   3. For the purposes of this section, “supervisory employee” means a public employee who is not a member of a collective bargaining unit and who has authority, in the interest of a public employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other public employees, to direct such public employees, or to adjust the grievances of such public employees, or to effectively recommend any such action.   4. The policy shall allow departments within an institution under the control of the state board of regents with twenty-eight or fewer full-time equivalent employee positions to be granted an exception to the policy by the board. Departments applying for an exception shall file a statement of need with the applicable institutional human resources office and the office shall make a recommendation to the state board of regents.   5. The state board of regents shall present an interim report to the governor and general assembly on or before April 1, 2010, with annual updates detailing the effects of the policy on the composition of the workforce, cost savings, efficiencies, and outcomes. In addition, the report and annual updates shall identify those departments within each institution under the control of the board granted an exception by the board to the policy as provided in this section.  2010 Acts, ch 1031, §68, 69