---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 610.122"
title: "5"
number: "610.122"
heading: "Variations in work schedules for educational purposes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/610.122"
---

# §610.122. Variations in work schedules for educational purposes.

- (a) Notwithstanding [§ 610.121](/cfr/5/610.121.md), the head of an agency may authorize a special tour of duty of not less than 40 hours to permit an employee to take one or more courses in a college, university, or other educational institution when it is determined that:
  - (1) The courses being taken are not training under chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code;
  - (2) The rearrangement of the employee's tour of duty will not appreciably interfere with the accomplishment of the work required to be performed;
  - (3) Additional costs for personal services will not be incurred; and
  - (4) Completion of the courses will equip the employee for more effective work in the agency.
- (b) The agency may not pay to the employee any premium pay solely because the special tour of duty authorized under this section causes the employee to work on a day, or at a time during the day, for which premium pay would otherwise be payable.
- (c) OPM may from time to time request an agency to report on the use of this authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 6101; sec. 1(1) of E.O. 11228, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 317.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12474, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.