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
