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The frequently asked questions are divided in specific categories.  The categories are Curriculum, Occupational Continuing Education, Basic Skills, Human Resource Development (HRD), Human Resource Development (HRD), Huskins and Concurrent Enrollment, Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET), Captive Co-opted Groups, Distance Learning, Military, Tuition Waiver, and General . 
 

For those classes that are self-paced and/or open-entry/open-exit, the 10% point may be based on course content, rather than an arbitrary date.  For example, for a class that is offered via the Internet that has an open registration period and/or is self-paced, students counted in membership must have completed at least one assignment or attend a session prior to the point where they have completed 10% of the class content.  To utilize this method, the college must clearly designate the particular lesson or class assignment at which the 10% point of the class content occurs.  As long as the student meets membership requirements (registration, tuition and/or fee payment, completion of an assignment or lesson)  without withdrawing prior to or at the point where the 10% of the class content is delivered, the student may be counted in membership for FTE reporting purposes.  Using this method, the date at which the student completed the lesson(s) is not pertinent to determining class membership eligibility.  (For more information regarding class membership criteria, see 23 NCAC 2D .0323 for curriculum classes or 23 NCAC 2D .0324 for continuing education classes.)

In order to report student hours in membership for any non-traditional delivery courses, all activities to include “course orientation,” must occur on or after the official start date of the class for which the student is enrolled.”

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HUSKINS AND CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT

BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING (BLET)

UPDATED 09/26/08

If the course is offered in curriculum, CJC 100, college must adhere to 23 NCAC 02D .0323(a) Reporting of Student Hours in Membership for Curriculum Classes, "Academic Semester.  The academic semester for all credit courses shall be designed so that all classes may be scheduled to include the number of instructional hours shown in the college catalog and the approved curriculum program of study compliance document and reported for FTE purposes (see 23 NCAC 02E .0201(a) and 23 NCAC 02D .0301(a)(3)).  Instructional hours include scheduled class and laboratory sessions as well as examination sessions.  Length of semesters or courses may vary as long as credit hours are assigned consistent with 23 NCAC 01A .0101 and as long as membership hours are reported consistent with the other provisions of this Rule."

23 NCAC 01A .0101(5), "Student Membership Hour means one hour of scheduled class or laboratory for which the student is enrolled.  A college shall provide a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction for each scheduled class hour."
 

As a continuing education course, CJC 3938, colleges must adhere to SO3-003, Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Hours for Training "BLET training programs must offer the course content as mandated and set by the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs Education and Training Commission in the required blocks of instruction.
A college must offer the minimum number of hours for BLET training as mandated and set by the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs Education and Training Commission to cover the required blocks of instruction.
A college may not exceed the maximum number of hours allowed for the course, CJC 3938, Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET), as listed on the Continuing Education Master Course List."

23 NCAC 01A .0101(5) Student Membership Hour means one hour of scheduled class or laboratory for which the student is enrolled.  A college shall provide a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction for each scheduled class hour."

CAPTIVE CO-OPTED GROUPS

23 NCAC 02E .0403, Instruction To Captive or Co-Opted Groups.  As of April 2003 captive/co-opted approval is not required for military personnel.  It is required for other immured groups that may be on military bases, such as courses taught to students in the Brig.

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DISTANCE LEARNING

CC04-109, Clarification of Reporting and Documenting Student Membership Hours for Distance Education Courses and Course Orientation, states, in pertinent part, "For classes which have a specific beginning date, class schedule, and ending date, computation of the 10% point should be based on the actual date at which 10% of the class time occurs. For example, for an information highway class or a telecourse with a fixed schedule, the 10% census point should be calculated in the same manner that it is computed for traditional delivery classes."

2.  Content Method (10 Percent)
CC04-109, Clarification of Reporting and Documenting Student Membership Hours for Distance Education Courses and Course Orientation, states, in pertinent part, "For those classes that are self-paced and/or open-entry/open-exit, the 10% point may be based on course content, rather than an arbitrary date. For example, for a class that is offered via the Internet that has an open registration period and/or is self-paced, students counted in membership must have completed at least one assignment or attended a session prior to the point where they have completed 10% of the class content. To utilize this method, the college must clearly designate the particular lesson or class assignment at which the 10% point of the class content occurs. As long as the student meets membership requirements (registration, tuition and/or fee payment, completion of an assignment or lesson) without withdrawing prior to or at the point where the 10% of the class content is delivered, the student may be counted in membership for FTE reporting purposes. Using this method, the date at which the student completed the lesson(s) is not pertinent to determining class membership eligibility. (For more information regarding class membership criteria, see 23NCAC 2D.0323 for curriculum classes or 23NCAC 2D.0324 for continuing education classes.)"

Additionally, CC04-109, Clarification of Reporting and Documenting Student Membership Hours for Distance Education Courses and Course Orientation, states, in pertinent part, "College may decide whether it is more appropriate to base the 10% point on course length (using the 10% date) or on class content; however, the same rules should be applied consistently to similar types of classes.

23 NCAC 02D .0323, Reporting of Student Hours in Membership for Curriculum Classes , 23 NCAC 02D .0324, Reporting of Student Hours in Membership for Continuing Education Classes.

MILITARY

GENERAL

23 NCAC 02D .0325(b), Limitation in Reporting Student Membership Hours, publishing Continuing Education course repetition requirements.  The frequency a college prints the catalog is a local college decision, based on changes in content, numbers needed, budget, staffing, etc.  Therefore, it is a local decision whether to print a revision/update to the current catalog or print a new catalog.