{"data":{"id":"us/5-u.s.c.-3308","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 U.S.C. § 3308","heading":"Competitive service; examinations; educational requirements prohibited; exceptions","body":"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.","path":["Title 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 33—EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc05@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:42Z","sha256":"5e01608ab0a4b7bf0d56fb29fb78928d57fae8e3b55c1f9a2102344a10136ce1","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-u.s.c.-3307","next":"us/5-u.s.c.-3309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}