U. of Iowa to Put $400K Toward Athletics Title IX Settlement

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To help settle a Title IX lawsuit involving its athletic department, the University of Iowa has agreed to pay “reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs” of nearly $400,000, maintain a women’s swimming and diving team for at least seven more years, and it hire an outside monitor to report publicly on how the department is living up to gender-equity requirements.

The full settlement in the lawsuit accusing UI Athletics of violating the law by not providing equal female athletic opportunities, benefits and scholarships — obtained Wednesday by The Gazette of Cedar Rapids — includes these stipulations:

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