Amending Executive Order 12015, Relating to Competitive Appointments of Students Who Have Completed Approved Career-Related Work Study Programs
Allows Noncompetitive Career Conversion for Student Term Appointments
What it does
Agencies must allow students with term appointments to be converted noncompetitively to career or career-conditional appointments before the term expires.
Real-world impact
- Students from approved work-study programs can gain career appointments without new competition.
- Adds a "term" appointment option and permits noncompetitive conversion before term ends.
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Summary
This order changes a prior order about hiring students from approved career-related work-study programs. It adds the "term" appointment category and allows students placed in term appointments to be converted noncompetitively to career or career-conditional appointments before the term ends.
It affects students who completed approved career-related work-study programs and the officials who appoint them by creating a direct path from temporary term appointments to permanent career status without a new competitive hiring process.
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