Trump HR Chief Wants to End Time, Education-Based Promotions (1)

March 25, 2026, 3:53 PM UTCUpdated: March 25, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC

The Trump administration wants to lower or eliminate some education requirements for federal roles and promotions, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told lawmakers.

Kupor told House Appropriations Committee members Wednesday that he wants to roll back education requirements for promotions and replace them with performance-based ones.

“Today, we have strict degree and tenure requirements in almost every job. We can eliminate those and use actual performance as a way to level people appropriately,” Kupor said. “And we can eliminate what we call time and grade, which are tenure-based promotions as opposed to performance-based promotion. “

“Those are things ...

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