As Iowa Regents DEI Vote Looms, Equal Protection Project Challenges Discriminatory U. Northern Iowa Scholarships [Video]

Widespread media coverage of EPP’s complaint as Iowa Regents may vote as early as January 15 whether to eliminate DEI language from its Strategic Plan

The Equal Protection Project (EPP) (EqualProtect.org) of the Legal Insurrection Foundation has challenged numerous discriminatory programs done in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In all we have filed over 50 complaints and legal actions since launch in February 2023, with approximately half the schools withdrawing or modifying the discriminatory programs after our filing. (See EPP November 2024 Impact Report.)

The Iowa legislature, in a bill signed by the Governor and scheduled to take effect in July 2025, is eliminating DEI programming and bureaucracy at the state’s public universities: “The legislation bans public institutions from having DEI offices and from hiring or assigning anyone “to perform duties” of a DEI office.”

The legislation was a reaction to a perceived lack of clear action by the Iowa Regents, which controls the University of Iowa, …