S.D. Codified Laws § 13-49-14

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 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.

SDCL 13-49-14

SDC 1939, § 15.0709; SL 1961, ch 56; SL 2007, ch 109, §13; SL 2021, ch 79, §1.

Amended by S.L. 2021, ch. 79,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2021.