State Board of Community Colleges Code, rule 400.2: disciplinary records, firearm-eligibility background checks and social security numbers in admission

Any college that suspends or expels a student for non-academic disciplinary purposes must record the suspension or expulsion in the student's educational record and, on receipt of a written request signed by the student and subject to all applicable privacy laws, inform other colleges and universities of its term and circumstances as the student requests.

A community college with a program that requires students to possess a firearm must adopt local policies requiring proof of eligibility to possess firearms for enrollment, and where that proof is a background check determined by the college, the check's sole purpose is to determine whether the applicant can lawfully possess a firearm in North Carolina.

A board of trustees may refuse admission to an applicant who refuses to provide a social security number during admission and enrollment processing, except a student taking courses for which no academic credit is offered, a nonresident alien student, a student whose qualified tuition and related expenses are entirely waived or paid entirely with scholarships, and a student whose expenses are covered by a formal billing arrangement between the college and the student's employer or a governmental entity and for whom the college keeps no separate financial account.

The State Board of Community Colleges has statutory authority to establish and administer standards for admissions at individual institutions, and each board of trustees must apply the standards and requirements for admission that the State Board establishes.

The rule's history note gives an original effective date of February 1, 1976 and lists amendments effective from May 1, 1982 through November 1, 2024 without stating which amendment added each of these subsections, so no single commencement date applies to them.