Title IX law is in constant flux, with new rules and legal challenges continuing to shape how schools, colleges, and other institutions handle sex-based misconduct and discrimination.  Our firm closely monitors these developments and is committed to providing the most current information available. Click here to learn about the current state of Title IX and how we can help if you are facing accusations or other Title IX issues. 

To best understand how to appeal a Title IX case in Iowa, it’s good to have a brief understanding of what Title IX is. Title IX is a federal civil rights law that’s intended in part, to prevent and address campus sexual misconduct. If a party is going to appeal a Title IX finding and/or sanction at a college or university in Iowa, the appealable grounds that are allowed at the particular school would have to be referenced and the strongest grounds should be conveyed through the appeal itself.

When appealing a case in Iowa, one of the most important considerations is which grounds are going to be applicable. For example, will it be new evidence? Will be a disproportionate sanctioned argument? Will it be a procedural defect or error, a school failing, that is during the course of the process that led to the finding? One of the most important considerations is that the appealing party have the help of an experienced attorney advisor when appealing a case.

Iowa

Tell About Your Case

Stopping Expulsions in California: Secondary Findings a Potent Defense

It’s the phone call that every parent dreads: your child has allegedly committed a serious offense at school and is facing the possibility of expulsion. Expulsion is a serious and lasting mark on a student’s record. However, California law requires that schools meet a very high standard before expelling students […]

Can Your Search History Bring You Down? How Schools Can Use Search Histories as Evidence of Misconduct

Students at Princeton University are drawing attention to the school’s policies and access related to students’ search histories on their devices. An article in the Daily Princetonian points out the ways that the university can use students’ search histories as evidence of cheating or other misconduct. Students are worried that […]

When the School Becomes the Problem: What UNC’s Botched Investigation Teaches Every Student

A University of North Carolina (UNC) student lost his scholarship and was permanently expelled from the entire UNC system after the school found him responsible for sexual misconduct. Years of federal litigation followed. And then, quietly, UNC settled. The former student, identified in court records as Jacob Doe, argued that […]

How a Cell Phone Policy Violation Can Escalate Into a Serious Disciplinary Issue

The cell phone bans sweeping the country’s K-12 schools in the last few years may sound good on paper—and educators overwhelmingly support them—but what do you do if what began as confiscation of your child’s phone has escalated into significant disciplinary action? The Student Defense Team at the LLF National […]