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establish qualifications for members of the Board of Regents.

HB1146 creates new qualifications and criteria that members of South Dakota's Board of Regents must meet. However, the bill text provided doesn't specify what those actual qualifications are—it only establishes that criteria will exist. You would need to see the complete bill language to understand which specific requirements (such as education, experience, or residency) the Board of Regents members must now satisfy.

prohibit preferential treatment in higher education employment practices.

South Dakota's public universities can no longer give preferential or unequal treatment to job applicants and employees based on their political beliefs, ideological views, or religious perspectives. The law applies to all employment decisions including hiring, promotion, pay, tenure, and layoffs at state higher education institutions.

On the potential impeachment of Jason Ravnsborg, Attorney General of the State of South Dakota.

This bill changes the qualifications required for members of the State Board of Regents by clarifying that regents must be selected from among "the best known citizens" and residents of different portions of the state, with no more than six members from the same political party. The amendment updates the language in state law to emphasize that regents should be persons of "probity and wisdom" chosen from diverse geographic areas of South Dakota.

revise off-campus tuition rates at institutions governed by the Board of Regents.

This bill removes the current rule that set specific tuition rates for students attending classes at off-campus locations run by Board of Regents institutions. By repealing that tuition rate structure, the Board of Regents gains flexibility to set off-campus tuition rates without being locked into the old statutory rates.

establish criteria regarding higher education.

This bill creates a new section of state law establishing criteria for higher education in South Dakota, though the bill text provided does not specify what those criteria are or how they apply to schools and students. Without the detailed provisions, it appears to be a framework bill that sets up standards or requirements for the state's higher education system.