Mississippi § 37-15-4 - Maintenance of records relating to district-wide reports.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-15-4 — Maintenance of records relating to district-wide reports., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-15-4. Maintenance of records relating to district-wide reports.
The school board of every school district, as created and empowered by law, shall keep and preserve permanently a copy of all district-wide reports required by the State Board of Education to be filed on an annual basis. Copies of those district-wide reports required by the State Board of Education on less than an annual basis may be destroyed after five (5) years upon approval of the school board of the school district. All supporting documents necessary to compile such district-wide reports, except as delineated in Section 37-15-8 may be destroyed after three (3) years following the academic year for which the report was made upon approval of the school board of the school district.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 37-15-4 ("Maintenance of records relating to district-wide reports.") 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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