Press Releases

ACLU of Iowa Report Finds SROs a Growing Problem in Iowa

SROs impose harms upon students—especially Black students and students with disabilities—instead of keeping them truly safe.
Issue Areas: Student Rights

Iowa Supreme Court Blocks University of Iowa from Redirecting Donor's Scholarship Fund for Black Students to Others

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the University of Iowa may not change the way it distributes a scholarship that a donor specified should go to Black students.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

Black Hawk County Sheriff Jail Fees Case Reversed

A federal appeals court reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the Black Hawk County sheriff.

ACLU of Iowa Honors West Des Moines Student Who Raised $15,000 for Immigrant, Refugee Scholarship

Nyibol Chol, 18, is the winner of the Robert Mannheimer Youth Advocacy Award
Issue Areas: Student Rights