As the school year starts, many school councils are asking about how to manage their records.
- Records that contain financial information, such as those that pertain to School Generated Funds, are kept for the current year, plus 6 years. As such, financial records from the 2015/2016 school year can be destroyed anytime after August 2022.
- School Council meeting minutes are required to be maintained for the current school year, plus 5 years. Thus, the 2016/2017 minutes can also be destroyed anytime after August 2022.
- When destroying records, please be sure to shred anything which contains personal or sensitive information. If you have records for destruction, you can bring them to the school, boxed and clearly marked “school council records for shredding”.
Corporate Records welcomes questions with regard to document maintenance and can be reached through email at [email protected].