§ 31537 Board Records Management Authority

• •The board can make rules for keeping and organizing records.
• •The board can decide when to throw away old records if they are no longer needed.
• •These rules help keep things tidy and make sure important papers are not kept forever if they are not useful.

A school has old report cards from 20 years ago taking up space in the office.

The school board can make a rule to throw away these old report cards if they decide they are no longer needed. This helps free up space and keeps things organized.