Colleges must receive State Board of Community Colleges approval prior to offering instruction to “captive or co-opted” groups.* Approval forms may be downloaded by accessing the links below.
If you have questions, please contact the appropriate staff person, depending on the type of instruction (curriculum, continuing education or basic skills) outlined below.
Curriculum
Approval forms and instructions for requesting approval of curriculum programs to be offered to captive/co-opted groups may be found in Section 4 of the Curriculum Procedures Reference Manual. The document is available in .pdf format and .doc format.
Contact:
Tracy McPherson, Program Director, NCCCS
mcphersont@nccommunitycolleges.edu or (919) 807-7117
Continuing Education
Approval forms and instructions for requesting approval of continuing education/ occupational extension courses to be offered to captive/co-opted groups may be found in NCCCS Numbered Memo CC08-067. The document is available in .pdf format and .doc format.
Contact:
Barbara Boyce, Director of Continuing Education, NCCCS
boyceb@nccommunitycolleges.edu or (919) 807-7158
Basic Skills
Approval forms and instructions for requesting approval of basic skills courses to be offered to captive/co-opted groups may be found in NCCCS Numbered Memo CC03-057. The document is available in .pdf format.
Contact: Sillar Smith, Director of Compensatory Education and Special Populations, NCCCS
smiths@nccommunitycolleges.edu> or (919) 807-7134
*References:
The State Board of Community Colleges is mandated by North Carolina General Statutes (G.S) to approve any course of instruction offered to captive or co-opted groups:
No course of instruction shall be offered by any community college at State expense or partial State expense to any captive or co-opted group of students, as defined by the State Board of Community Colleges, without prior approval of the State Board of Community Colleges. Approval by the State Board of Community Colleges shall be presumed to constitute approval of both the course and the group served by that institution … A course taught without such approval will not yield any full-time equivalent students, as defined by the State Board of Community Colleges. [G.S. 115D-5(b)(c)]
The definition of “captive or co-opted groups,” as found in N.C. Administrative Code (NCAC) follows:
… Captive or co-opted groups of students are defined as inmates in a correctional facility; clients of sheltered workshops, domiciliary care facilities, nursing facilities, mental retardation centers; substance abuse rehabilitation centers; and in-patients of psychiatric hospitals… [23 NCAC 02E.0403 (a)]
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