---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 412.303"
title: "5"
number: "412.303"
heading: "Senior Executive Service candidate development program (SESCDP) oversight and evaluation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/412.303"
---

# §412.303. Senior Executive Service candidate development program (SESCDP) oversight and evaluation.

- (a) An agency must complete and maintain program evaluations pursuant to training evaluation requirements in [5 CFR 410.202](/cfr/5/410.202.md) and must use OPM-developed evaluation templates for completion, respectively, by individual SESCDP participants and agency program managers:
  - (1) Upon completion of each individual SESCDP cohort;
  - (2) Annually for the overarching SESCDP; and
  - (3) To collect evaluation data for the purpose of identifying and implementing program enhancements or alternative approaches to program administration.
- (b) To seek OPM re-approval of an SESCDP policy, an agency must submit its current program policy and completed overarching program evaluation template. Evaluations must include initial SES placement rates for graduates who receive a QRB certification and demonstrate that the agency maintains a minimum placement rate as specified by OPM policy and guidance. Individual participant program cohort evaluation templates are not required for re-approval; however, OPM reserves the right to request templates for each individual cohort during the current approval period.

## Notes

### Amendments

[91 FR 38246, June 25, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103(c)(2)(C), 3396, 3397, and ch. 41.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 65388, Dec. 10, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[91 FR 38246, June 25, 2026]