Except as otherwise provided, all records of the School District shall be kept for a minimum of seven (7) years. Public records will be maintained according to the schedule of record retention adopted by the Board. Pupil records are excluded from this provision.

Before the destruction of obsolete school records, at least sixty (60) days written notice shall be given to the State Historical Society in order that it may preserve those records it deems to be of permanent historical interest.

The Board may submit a request(s) to the Public Records Board for shorter retention periods on certain School District records. Such request(s) shall be made according to established procedures.

The District Administrator shall develop regulations providing for the timely and orderly disposal of obsolete District records.

Any taped recording of a meeting by a governmental body (as defined in s.19.82 (1) (2) of the Statute(s)), may be destroyed no sooner than ninety (90) days after the minutes have been approved and published if the purpose of the recording was to make minutes of the meeting.

School District records may be preserved by means of microfilm or other reproduction method. Such records shall meet the standards for photographic reproduction set forth in s.16.61 (7) of the statutes, and shall be considered original records for all purposes. Such records shall be preserved along with other files of the School District and shall be open to public inspection and copying according to the provision of State Law and these procedures.

16.61 Wis Stats.