Policy Manual

The Board of Regents and all officials who are responsible to the Board of Regents shall appoint, assign, and advance employees solely on the basis of merit and fitness. Each institution under the Board of Regents shall promulgate a clear and unambiguous written policy of nondiscrimination in employment and shall adopt an affirmative action program containing goals and time specifications in personnel administration. Each such institution shall regularly review its personnel practices and procedures with a view to correcting any such personnel practices and procedures which may contribute to discrimination in appointment, assignment, or advancement. Each such institution shall conduct programs of job orientation and provide training and organizational structure for upward mobility and shall place emphasis upon fair practices in employment. Each such institution shall also bar from all employment application forms any inquiry as to race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or physical or mental disability, except for statistical purposes, unless it relates to a bona fide occupational qualification. The employment practices of the Board of Regents shall be in strict conformity to the provisions of the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965 as amended, Iowa Executive Order #15 of 1973, Federal Executive Order 11246 of 1965 as amended by Federal Executive Order 11375 of 1967, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 amending Title VII of the 1964 Federal Civil Rights Act and all provisions relevant to fair employment of the rules and regulations of the Board of Regents and of its institutions, and shall assure equal protection of the laws as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 

All educational and vocational guidance programs and their essential components, counseling, and testing, and all on-the-job training programs for the employees of any institution responsible to the Board of Regents, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965 as amended, Iowa Executive Order #15 of 1973, Federal Executive Order 11246 of 1965 as amended by Federal Executive Order 11375 of 1967, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and all provisions relevant to fair employment of the rules and regulations of the Board of Regents and of its institutions. Every official responsible for the implementation of such programs shall be charged with the duty of seeking to provide equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or physical or mental disability except where it relates to a bona fide occupational qualification. 

To insure compliance with the provisions of the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965 as amended, Iowa Executive Order #15 of 1973, Federal Executive Order 11246 of 1965 as amended by Federal Executive Order 11375 of 1967, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 and all provisions relevant to fair employment of the rules and regulations of the Board of Regents and of its institutions, every official responsible to the Board of Regents who is authorized to make contracts or subcontracts for public works or for goods or services shall cause to be inserted into every such contract or subcontract a clause in which the contractor or subcontractor is prohibited from engaging in discriminatory employment practices forbidden by the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965 as amended, Iowa Executive Order #15 of 1973, Federal Executive Order 11246 of 1965 as amended by Federal Executive Order 11375 of 1967, the Equal Opportunity Act of 1972, and all provisions relevant to fair employment of the rules and regulations of the Board of Regents and of its institutions. Contractors, vendors, and suppliers shall further be required to submit or have on file with the Board of Regents Equal Opportunity Compliance Office a copy of their affirmative action program containing goals and time specifications. These contractual provisions shall be fully monitored and enforced; any breach of them shall be regarded as a material breach of contract. See IAC [681].7.1(262).