ENTITLED An Act to prohibit preferential treatment in higher education employment practices.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 13-49-14 be AMENDED.

13-49-14. Employment of officers, instructors and employees--Compensation and terms of employment--Disparate treatment on certain grounds prohibited.

The Board of Regents may employ and dismiss all officers, instructors, and employees of such institutions, necessary to the proper management thereof, to determine their number, qualifications, and duties, fix the term of their employment, and rate and manner of their compensation, provide for sabbatical leave on part pay, and provide for a retirement program.

No person may be employed or dismissed, or accorded preferential, adverse, or unequal treatment with respect to any application, hiring, training, apprenticeship, tenure, promotion, upgrading, compensation, layoff, or any term or condition of employment, by reason of the person's:

(1) Ideological, political, or sectarian opinions or perspectives; or

(2) Race, color, creed, religion, sex, ancestry, disability, or national origin.

An Act to prohibit preferential treatment in higher education employment practices.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: House as Bill No. 1254 Chief Clerk Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1254 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2021 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2021 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2021 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State