---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 316.903"
title: "5"
number: "316.903"
heading: "Qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/316.903"
---

# §316.903. Qualifications.


Agencies must evaluate eligible post-secondary students using the government-wide OPM prescribed qualification standard or an OPM-approved agency-specific qualification standard for the position being filled.


## Notes

### Amendments

[91 FR 7809, Feb. 19, 2026]

### Source

Source: 86 FR 46107, Aug. 18, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, 3316. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. 5 CFR 2.2(c).

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[91 FR 7809, Feb. 19, 2026]