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Code · U.S. Code · Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · CHAPTER 33— EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT · SUBCHAPTER I— EXAMINATION, CERTIFICATION, AND APPOINTMENT · § 3308

§ 3308. Competitive service; examinations; educational requirements prohibited; exceptions

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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.
(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.)
The prohibition is restated in positive form. The words “The Civil Service Commission or other examining agency” are added because these are the only agencies to which the prohibition could apply.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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  • Pub. L. 89–554
  • 80 Stat. 419
  • Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2)
  • 92 Stat. 1224
  • Pub. L. 95–454
  • section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454
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§ 3308
Competitive service; examinations; educational requirements prohibited; exceptions
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 89–554
Stat.80 Stat. 419
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2)
Stat.92 Stat. 1224
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–454
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