Mississippi § 37-15-2 - Storage of permanent records.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-15-2 — Storage of permanent records., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-15-2. Storage of permanent records.
The permanent record provided for in Section 37-15-1 shall be kept, while it is active, in the attendance center office in a fire resistant container. The permanent record shall be considered active: (a) if the student is enrolled in the school; or (b) if he has withdrawn or has been expelled and the students of the class of which he was a member shall not have reached the time of graduation. At the point of the student’s graduation or at the time when the student would normally have graduated had he not withdrawn or been expelled from school, the student’s permanent record shall become a part of the permanent binder in the central fire resistant depository or stored digitally as designated and provided by the school board of the school district, or, as an alternative method, the records may be maintained in fire resistant storage at the school last attended by the student. The permanent binding and preservation of the inactive records shall be the duty of the superintendent of the school district who shall maintain a central depository of the records.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Mississippi § 37-15-2
What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-15-2 cover?
Section 37-15-2 ("Storage of permanent records.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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