{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-315.714","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 315.714","heading":"Conversion based on service in a post-secondary student appointment under part 316, subpart I, of this chapter.","body":"(a) Agency authority. An agency may convert to a career or career-conditional appointment from a time-limited appointment pursuant to 5 CFR part 316, subpart I, without further competition.\n(b) Eligibility. To be eligible for conversion the post-secondary student must:\n(1) Have completed the course of study leading to the baccalaureate or graduate degree;\n(2) Have completed not less than 640 hours of current continuous employment in an appointment under § 316.902 of this chapter;\n(3) Meet the OPM qualification standards for the position to which the student will be converted; and\n(4) Meet the time-in-grade requirements in accordance with 5 CFR part 300, subpart F.\n(c) Tenure on conversion. An employee whose employment converts to career or career-conditional employment under this section becomes:\n(1) A career-conditional employee except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section; or\n(2) A career employee when he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).\n(d) Acquisition of competitive status. A post-secondary student converted from time limited employment under this section acquires competitive status upon completion of probation in accordance with §§ 11.2, 11.4, and 11.5 of this chapter.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT","Subpart G—Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"5cb2803b96c31a34b3d6d5c76d2c646446d2c79665e728181c37612fa1b5afe9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-315.713","next":"us/5-cfr-315.725"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}