Amends GS 17C-6, by amending the powers of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission as follows. Requires also establishing minimum standards and levels of education and experience for criminal justice instructors with probationary or limited teaching privileges, qualified assistants, in-service training coordinators, and executive officers participating in required programs or courses. Also gives it the power to (1) certify and recertify, suspend, revoke, or deny and (2) investigate and evaluate those same individuals.

Amends GS 17E-4 by amending the powers of the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission (Commission) as follows. In addition to certifying, allows the Commission to recertify, suspend, revoke, or deny: (1) persons as qualified under the provisions of this Chapter who may be employed as entry level officers and (2) training schools and programs or courses of instruction that are required by this Chapter. Allows the Commission to establish standards and levels of education or equivalent experience specifically for criminal justice school instructors, including instructors with probationary or limited teaching privileges, qualified assistants, in-service training coordinators, executive officers, and school directors (was, more generally teachers) who participate in programs or courses of instruction required by this Chapter. Expands upon the actions that can be taken concerning teachers to include, in addition to certify, recertify, suspend, revoke, or deny, and expands upon who is included in the provision to include criminal justice school instructors, including instructors with probationary or limited teaching privileges, qualified assistants, in-service training coordinators, executive officers, and school directors who participate in programs or courses of instruction required by this Chapter or are required and approved by the instructor's agency, including programs or courses of instruction certified under GS Chapter 17C or offered by an educational institution accredited by the Commission. Allows investigating and evaluation to determine if criminal justice school instructors, including instructors with probationary or limited teaching privileges, qualified assistants, in-service training coordinators, executive officers, and school directors are complying with this Chapter. Makes technical changes.

Amends GS 17E-5 to subject any papers, documents, or other records which become Commission property that are placed in the criminal justice officer's personnel file maintained to the same disclosure requirements for personnel records under GS Chapters 126, 153A, 47 and 160A.