5 U.S.C. § 3308 — Competitive service; examinations; educational requirements prohibited; exceptions

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 70 words · no verdicts yet

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The Office of Personnel Management generally may not require a minimum education for a competitive-service examination. It may do so for scientific, technical, or professional work only when it decides the work cannot be performed without that education, and it must publicly record its reasons.

The Office of Personnel Management or another examining agency may not set a minimum educational requirement for a competitive-service examination. The exception is when the Office decides that the duties of a scientific, technical, or professional position cannot be performed by someone without the specified minimum education. The Office must put the reasons for that decision in its public records.

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The Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency may not prescribe a minimum educational requirement for an examination for the competitive service except when the Office decides that the duties of a scientific, technical, or professional position cannot be performed by an individual who does not have a prescribed minimum education. The Office shall make the reasons for its decision under this section a part of its public records.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 419; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)

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1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 419
1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-454 · 92 Stat. 1224

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