12 ncac 10b .1305          TRAINEE ATTENDANCE

(a)  Each trainee enrolled in a certified "Telecommunicator Certification Course" shall attend all class sessions.

(b)  The school director may recognize valid reasons for class absences and may excuse a trainee from attendance at specific class sessions. However, excused absences shall not exceed ten percent of the total class hours for the course offering, except where the absence is due to religious observance as provided for in the community college policy, in which case the absence excused may be for an additional 11.3 hours.

(c)  If the school director grants an excused absence from a class session, he or she shall schedule an appropriate make-up and ensure the satisfactory completion of the classwork missed during the current course presentation or in a subsequent course delivery as is permissible under 12 NCAC 10B .1306.

(d)  A trainee is not eligible to take the State Comprehensive Examination or considered to have successfully completed the course if the cumulative total of class absences, with accepted make-up work, exceeds the amount of time allowed in Paragraph (b) of this Rule. The trainee shall be terminated from further course participation by the school director at the time the trainee becomes ineligible pursuant to Paragraph (b) of this Rule.

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

Eff. April 1, 2001;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2011;

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

Amended Eff. August 1, 2026.