New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter N - Public Records And Department Publications
Part 185 - Records Of Public Corporations
Section 185.5 - Issuance of records retention and disposition schedules
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The following records retention and disposition schedules issued by the Commissioner of Education prior to August 1, 2020, and adopted by resolution of the governing body of a local government, may continue to be used by that local government to legally dispose of records after August 1, 2020 in accordance with section 57.25 of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law, until superseded pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section. All of the schedules are published by The University of the State of New York, The State Education Department, Albany, NY 12234, and are available at the State Archives, 9A47 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230:
(b) The following records retention and disposition schedule, issued by the Commissioner of Education in accordance with section 57.25 of the Arts and Cultural Aff airs Law, shall be adopted no later than January 1, 2021 by the governing body of each affected local government. Upon adoption, such schedule shall supersede the retention and disposition schedules listed in subdivision (a) of this section. This schedule is published by The University of the State of New York, The State Education Department, Albany, NY 12234, and is available at the State Archives, 9A47 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230:
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, a local government may adopt and use a records retention and disposition schedule or individual schedule items in lieu of or in conjunction with a schedule issued by the commissioner provided that the consent of the commissioner is obtained pursuant to this subdivision. The commissioner may grant such consent upon a finding that the local records retention and disposition schedule or schedule item(s) is substantially equivalent to the applicable schedule(s) issued by the commissioner or meets standards of the commissioner as specified in section 185.4 of this Part. Such consent shall remain in effect until the commissioner withdraws permission to use the schedule or the local government indicates it is no longer using the schedule.
The amended version of this section by New York State Register March 30, 2022/Volume XLIV, Issue 13, eff. 3/30/2022 is not yet available.