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 North Carolina Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 13, 2014)
 TITLE 12. JUSTICE
 CHAPTER 09. CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS
 SUBCHAPTER G. STANDARDS FOR CORRECTIONS EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATION

  12 NCAC 09G .0204. EDUCATION  

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  • (a)  Every person employed as a correctional officer by the North Carolina Department of Correction shall be a high school graduate or have passed the General Educational Development Test indicating high school equivalency.

    (b)  Every person employed as a probation/parole officer by the North Carolina Department of Correction shall be a graduate of a regionally accredited college or university and have attained at least the baccalaureate degree.

    (c)  Every person employed as a probation/parole officer-intermediate by the North Carolina Department of Correction shall be a high school graduate or have passed the General Educational Development Test indicating high school equivalency.

    (d)  Each applicant for employment as a corrections officer shall furnish to the North Carolina Department of Correction documentary evidence that the applicant has met the educational requirements for the corrections field of expected employment.

    (1)           Documentary evidence of educational requirements shall consist of official transcripts of courses completed or diplomas received from a school which meets the requirements of: the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Division of Non-Public Instruction, a comparable out-of-state agency, or is a regionally accredited college or university.  The Director of the Standards Division shall determine whether other types of documentation will be permitted in specific cases consistent with this rule.  High school diplomas earned through correspondence enrollment are not recognized toward these minimum educational requirements.

    (2)           Documentary evidence of completion of the General Educational Development "GED" Test shall be satisfied by a certified copy of GED test results showing successful completion.  A certified copy of a military GED diploma may be used as alternate evidence of GED completion.

     

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17C-6; 17C-10;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2001;

Eff. August 1, 2002;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2004.