North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 09 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS › Subchapter G - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SCHOOL DIRECTORS › Section .0200 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS, AND PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS-SURVEILLANCE › Section 09G .0204 - DOCUMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  Each applicant for certification as a correctional officer or probation/parole
				  officer shall furnish documentary evidence of high school, college or
				  university graduation to the employing agency. Documentary evidence of high
				  school graduation consists of diplomas or transcripts from public schools or
				  private schools which meet standards adopted by either the North Carolina
				  Department of Public Instruction, the Division of Non-Public Instruction, or a
				  comparable out of state agency; or such documentation as described in
				  Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) of this Rule. Documentary evidence of college or
				  university graduation consists of diplomas or transcripts from colleges or
				  universities accredited as such by the Department of Education of the state in
				  which the institution is located, an accredited body recognized by either the
				  U.S. Department of Education or Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or
				  the state university of the state in which the institution is
				  located.
(b) High school diplomas
				  earned through home school programs must be accompanied by a true and accurate
				  or certified transcript and the program must meet the requirements of Part 3 of
				  Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the North Carolina General Statutes, or a
				  comparable out-of-state statute.
(c) Diplomas earned from high school or
				  equivalent institutions outside of the United States must be translated into
				  English and be accompanied by an authentic transcript. The Criminal Justice
				  Standards Division (Division) staff shall evaluate the transcripts to ensure
				  they are scholastically comparable to United States curriculum
				  requirements.
(d) The Division's
				  staff shall evaluate high school diplomas earned through on-line or
				  correspondence courses to ensure such diplomas must meet state and local
				  requirements for the jurisdiction from which the diploma was issued.
(e) Documentary evidence of having earned a
				  High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma shall be satisfied by a certified copy of
				  a high school equivalency credential or an adult high school diploma, both of
				  which must be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or educational
				  agency that is authorized in the state to issue High School Equivalency (HSE)
				  diplomas.
(f) Documentary evidence
				  of the attainment of satisfactory scores on any military high school
				  equivalency examination is acceptable as evidence of high school graduation if
				  verified by a true copy of the veteran's DD-214 Certificate of Release from
				  Active Duty.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 17C-6;
					 17C-10;
Temporary
					 Adoption Eff. January 1, 2001;
Eff. August 1, 2002;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2018; February 1, 2016; November 1, 2015; January 1,
					 2015; August 1, 2004;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 25,
					 2019.