Butte School District

Noninstructional Operations

8430

Records Management

The District will retain, in a manner consistent with applicable law and the State’s Rules for Disposition of Local Government Records, such records as are required by law or regulations to be created and/or maintained, and such other records as are related to students, school personnel, and the operations of the schools.

For the purpose of this policy, “records” are all documentary materials, regardless of media or characteristics, made or received and maintained by the school unit in transaction of its business. Records include email and other digital communications sent and received.

Records may be created, received and stored in multiple formats including but not limited to print, microfiche, audio and videotapes, and various digital forms (on hard drives, computer disks and CDs, servers, flash drives, etc.).

The Superintendent will be responsible for developing and implementing a records management program for the cataloging, maintenance, storage, retrieval and disposition of school records. The Superintendent will be responsible for developing and implementing policies and procedures that place a “litigation hold” on records that may be required for production or discoverable as a result of litigation or anticipated litigation. The Superintendent will also be responsible for developing guidelines to assist school employees in understanding the kinds of information that must be saved and those which can be disposed of or deleted. The Superintendent may delegate records management responsibilities to other school personnel at his/her discretion to facilitate implementation of this policy.

Cross Reference:
1402 School Board Use of Electronic Mail
3600, 3600P Student Records
5231, 5231P Personnel Records
5450 Employee Electronic Mail
2161 & 2161P Special Education Records

Legal Reference:
Montana Secretary of State (Rules for Disposition of Local Government Records) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
§ 2-6-403, MCA Duties and responsibilities
§ 20-1-212, MCA Destruction of old records by school officer
§ 20-7-101(2), MCA Standards of accreditation
§ 20-9-215, MCA Destruction of certain financial records
24.9.805 (4), ARM Employment Records

Policy History:
Adopted on: 10/18/04
Reviewed on:
Revised on