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• What tenure groups are students placed in?
  Students in the Student Temporary Employment Program, provided they have completed one year of current continuous service, are in tenure group 3; Students in the Student Career Experience Program are...
• May students be promoted?
  Yes. Students in both programs are eligible for promotion. However, the Nature of Action Code (NOAC) for students in the Student Temporary Employment Program is actually a conversion to a...
• Do students get within-grade increases?
  Students in the Student Career Experience Program are eligible for within-grade increases. For students in the Student Temporary Employment Program, eligibility for within-grade increases depends on the pay system of...
• How are student employees classified?
  Students are classified to an appropriate GS or Wage Grade (WG) series and grade and paid according to that classification. See 5 CFR § 213.2302(a)(11).
• May students in the career experience program be classified using the student trainee, GS-099, series?
  Yes. Students appointed to positions subject to the General Schedule (GS) are classified as student trainees (099 series) for the appropriate occupational group. (See Qualifications)
• May students be paid minimum wage?
  No. Students in the Student Educational Employment Program must be paid according to the criteria set forth in the appropriate general schedule or wage grade classification standard for the job....