12 NCAC 10B .0604          TRAINEE ATTENDANCE

(a)  Each trainee enrolled in any accredited Detention Officer Certification Course shall attend all required class sessions pursuant to Rules .0601 and .0603 of this Subchapter.

(b)  The school director may recognize valid reasons for class absences and may excuse a trainee from attendance at class sessions. Valid reasons to excuse attendance are instances of illness, accident, or emergency pursuant to .0605(a)(1) of this Subchapter. However, in no case may excused absences exceed 10 percent of the total required class hours for the course offering pursuant to Rules .0601 and .0603 of this Subchapter.

(c)  If the school director grants an excused absence from a class session, he shall schedule make-up of the excused class session with a Commission certified instructor pursuant to 12 NCAC 10B .0704 and ensure the satisfactory completion of such class sessions during the current course presentation or in a subsequent course delivery as is permissible under 12 NCAC 10B .0605.

(d)  A trainee shall not be eligible for administration of the State Comprehensive Examination pursuant to Rule .0606 of this Subchapter nor certification for successful course completion if the cumulative total of class absences, with accepted make-up class sessions as set out in Paragraph (c) of this Rule, exceeds 10 percent of the total required class hours of the accredited course offering pursuant to Rules .0601 and .0603 of this Subchapter and shall be terminated from further course participation by the school director at the time of such occurrence.

(e)  Where a trainee is enrolled in a program as required in 12 NCAC 10B .0601, attendance shall be 100 percent in order to receive a successful course completion.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17E-4; 17E-7;

Eff. January 1, 1989;

Amended Eff. January 1, 1996; January 1, 1992;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 6, 2018;

Amended Eff. November 1, 2023.