AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act to
prohibit the use of a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. No person may knowingly use a false academic degree or falsely claim to have a valid academic degree for the following purposes:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. No person may knowingly use a false academic degree or falsely claim to have a valid academic degree for the following purposes:
(1) To obtain employment;
(2) To obtain a promotion or higher compensation in employment;
(3) To obtain admission to postsecondary education; or
(4) In connection with any business, trade, profession, or occupation.
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
For the purposes of this Act, a false academic degree is a degree document, a certification of
completion of a degree, coursework, or degree credit, including a transcript, that provides evidence
or demonstrates completion of a course of instruction or coursework that results in the attainment
of an associate degree or higher which is issued by a person or entity that is neither currently
accredited by a regional, state, or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States
Department of Education pursuant to 20 U.S.C.
§
1099b as amended to January 1, 2008, nor has the
foreign equivalent of such accreditation or the legal authority from a foreign country to issue degrees
usable as educational credentials in the jurisdiction of issue.
The provisions of this section do not apply to any documents issued by a religious institution that
offers credit or degree solely for the purpose of conferring status or authority within that religion.
Section 2. No person, for the following purposes, may knowingly use any false degree, certificate, diploma, transcript, or other document indicating that the person has completed an organized program of study or completed courses when the person has not completed the organized program of study or the courses indicated on the degree, certificate, diploma, transcript, or document
Section 2. No person, for the following purposes, may knowingly use any false degree, certificate, diploma, transcript, or other document indicating that the person has completed an organized program of study or completed courses when the person has not completed the organized program of study or the courses indicated on the degree, certificate, diploma, transcript, or document
or falsely claim to have any valid degree, certificate, diploma, transcript, or other such document:
(1) To obtain employment;
(2) To obtain a promotion or higher compensation in employment;
(3) To obtain admission to postsecondary education; or
(4) In connection with any business, trade, profession, or occupation.
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
An Act to prohibit the use of a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed.
An Act to prohibit the use of a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed.
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I certify that the attached Act originated in the
HOUSE as
Bill
No.
1138
____________________________ Chief Clerk ____________________________ Speaker of the House
Attest:
____________________________ Chief Clerk
____________________________
Attest:
____________________________ Secretary of the Senate
House
Bill
No.
1138
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______ |
Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________ for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 20___
____________________________ Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
____________________________ Secretary of State
By _________________________ |
