Amarillo College Records Retention Schedule

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SECTION 13. IMPLEMENTATION OF RECORDS CONTROL SCHEDULES; DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS UNDER SCHEDULE.

1. A records control schedule for a department that has been approved and adopted under Section 12 shall be implemented by department heads and Records Liaisons according to the policies and procedures of the records management plan.
    
2. A record whose retention period has expired on a records control schedule shall be destroyed unless an open records request is pending on the record, the subject matter of the record is pertinent to a pending law suit, or the department head requests in writing to the Records Management Committee that the record be retained for an additional period.
    
3. Prior to the destruction of a record under an approved records control schedule, authorization for the destruction must be obtained by the Records Management Officer from the Records Management Committee.