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Rule2026-03242

Hiring Authority for Post-Secondary Students

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Published
February 19, 2026
Effective
March 23, 2026

Issuing agencies

Personnel Management Office

Abstract

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to amend its career and career-conditional employment regulations. The revision is necessary to implement section 1108 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which requires OPM to issue regulations implementing hiring authorities that allow agencies to hire certain post-secondary students into positions at specified grades in the competitive service. The intended effect of the authority is to provide additional flexibility in hiring eligible and qualified individuals.

Indexed from Federal Register on February 19, 2026.

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