A. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation in any program or activity. Such discriminatory practices shall include, but not be limited to, the following practices:
1. Exclusion of a person or persons from participation in, denial of the benefits of, or subject to discrimination in any academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training or other program or activity.
2. Denial of comparable opportunity in intramural and interscholastic athletic programs.
3. Discrimination among persons in employment and the conditions of employment.
4. 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. (Ord. 95-3697, 11-7-1995)
B. For the purpose of this section, "educational institution" includes any preschool, elementary, secondary or merged area school, area education agency or postsecondary college and their governing boards, with the exception that this section shall not include the University Of Iowa or any other educational division of the state.
C. 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 from imposing qualifications based on religion when such qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose or any institution from admitting students of only one sex. (Ord. 94-3647, 11-8-1994)