• Attendance Records – Current year or until audited
• Attendance Summary Report – 4 years at school. Pre-Skyward records send to records center
• Check-in Log – Current year
• Class Rolls – Pre-Skyward records send to archives for storage
• Class Schedules – 1 year
• CUM Files – 3 years after Graduation provided official transcript has been pulled and retained
• DCFS (Report of Child Abuse-Neglect Form) – Send 1 copy to Legal Services, maintain school copy in Principal’s file for 4 years.
• “Dead” files – Retain at last school of attendance until 3 years after the student would have graduated
• Discipline Files – 1 year after the student leaves the district
• Early Grad Certificate – 1 year
• Enrollment Cards – Retain until superseded
• Grade Sheets – Pre-Skyward records send to archives for storage
• Graduation Programs – Permanent 2 copies plus back-up electronic copy
• Health and Immunization Records – Graduation + 3 years or 3 years after student leaves the district
• Health Room Logs – 1 year
• Home Excuse Files (doctor/parent notes, leave forms) – Current year plus 1 year prior
• Homeschool Affidavit – Retain until superseded
• Injury Reports  – 7 years or until litigation is resolved
• Literary Publications – Permanent 2 copies plus back-up electronic copy
• Locator Cards – End of school year 
• Official Transcript – Stored at the high school last attended for 5 years.  Send to records center to be retained for 15 years then sent to archives for permanent storage.
• Parental Notification of Threat of Suicide – 1 year after the student leaves the district 
• Registration Records – 1 year
• Release Time Forms – 1 year
• Report Cards – Report cards older than 20 years send to archives.
• Request for Records – 1 year
• School Bulletins – Record Copy 1 year Duplicate Copies 1 day
• School Choice Permits – Paper copies until student promotes to new school, graduates, or leaves the district
• School Handbook – Permanent 2 copies plus back-up electronic copy
• School Newspapers – Permanent 2 copies plus back-up electronic copy
• Test Scores – Graduation + 3 years or 3 years after student would have graduated
• Truancy Notice Citations – 3 years
• Withdrawal Records – 1 year
• Yearbooks – Permanent 2 copies plus back-up electronic copy 

* Unless noted “send to records center” or “send to archives” records may be destroyed after their allotted time.

* School administrators may choose to keep records at the schools for a longer period than designated by the district.