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VSU Records Retention Policy Index

Accident Reports

Category J, Police: (1) Accident and Injuries Records;   (21) Non-Staff Accident and Injuries Records (30) Vehicle Accident Records;  Category E, Athletics: (22) Student Athletes Medical Records

Accounting Files

This is a broad record type and you may want to look at the entire Administration & Finance / Category A

Category A:  Administration and Finance  (70) Annual Financial Statements; (74) Miscellaneous Accounting Reports

Accreditation

Category A, Administration and Finance: (1) Professional Accreditation Records;

Administrative Hearings

Category A, Administration and Finance: (3) Administrative Rules Records 

Admission Forms of students who did not enroll  (Admission Records)

Category K, Student Records: (20) Admissions Records for Applicants Who Do Not Enroll (Accepted or Rejected)

Admission Forms (Admissions Records)

Category K, Student Records: (21) Admissions Records for Applicants Who Do Enroll (Accepted)

Advising

Category K, Student Records: (63) Student Advising Records; Category E, Intercollegiate Athletics (20) Student Athletes Academic Advising Records

Affirmative Action Records Category A:  Administration and Finance:(5) Affirmative Action Audits and Annual Reports (6) Affirmative Action Compliance Records (3) Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Records (4) Affirmative Action and/or Human Resources Recruitment Review Records

Annual Reports

Category A:  Administration and Finance: (2) Administrative Reports (123) Strategic Plans and Annual Reports

Annual Report Data

 Category A:  Administration and Finance: (2) Administrative Reports

Annual Leave statements

Category G, Human Resources: (45) Time, Attendance and Leave Records

Applications for Jobs

Category G, Human Resources: (1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy) (11) Classified Employees Personnel Records (13) Classified Rejected Applications (14) Classified Unsolicited Applications

Applications for Financial Aid

Category K, Student Records: (15) Student Financial Aid Records

Appointment books

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (19) Daily Logs

Archives

Category F, Library, Archives & Museums, (11) Patron and Visitor Records; (2) Collection and Artifact Acquisition and Exchange Records; (5) Collections Control Records (12) Records Management Records

Athletics

Intercollegiate Athletics Category / Category E

Athletic Eligibility Category E, Intercollegiate Athletics: (3) Athletic Eligibility Records

Awards Records

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (10) Awards Records

Background Checks

could not specifically identify record type.  These are suggestions:

Category G, Human Resources:  (11) Classified Employees Personnel Records (1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy)
Back-up Tapes Category D, Information Management and Planning:  (1) Computer System Maintenance Records
Banner Student records:

Only two series came up with a search for Banner.  More general information will be in Student Records / Category K

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (76) Accounts Aging Records (79) Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Records
Bank Statementscontracts Category A, Administration and Finance:  (119) Bank Statements; (81) Canceled Checks

Bibliographic/Holdings Records

 Category F, Library, Archives, and Museums:  (5) Collections Control Records

Biographical Information of Faculty, Staff and Alumni

Category H, Publications, Promotions and Alumni Relations:  (1) Alumni Records;  (5) Biographical Records; (12) Photographs; (17); Unit/Institution/Organization History Records

Board of Regents Documents

Category A, Administration and Finance: (32) Board of Regents Relations Records

Budget Allocations

 Category A, Administration and Finance: (95) Budget Planning, Projection, and Preparation Records

Budget records

This is a broad record type which encompasses many kinds of documents.  You may want to look though the entirety of Administration & Finance / Category A

 Category A, Administration and Finance: (92) Annual Budget Records94) Budget Maintenance Records (95) Budget Planning, Projection, and Preparation Records

Budget reports

Category A, Administration and Finance: (92) Annual Budget Records (93) Budget Activity Reports (94) Budget Maintenance Records (95) Budget Planning, Projection, and Preparation Records

Building usage report and Building Schedule

Category A: Administration and Finance: (65) Classroom and Laboratory Utilization Reports

Building Plans

Category A: Administration and Finance: (62) Buildings/Grounds Repair, Maintenance, Remodeling, and Construction Records

Cash Register Receipts, Cash reports,

Category A: Administration and Finance: (101) Cash Records (102) Cashier's Daily Summary Records (100) Cash/Deposit Match Records (99) Cash Batches Records (105) Monthly Cash Reports (108) Weekly Cash Receipts Summaries

Catalogs

Category B, Academic Affairs; (3) Catalog/Bulletins

Cataloging Records

Category F, Library, Archives, and Museums:  (5) Collections Control Records
(14) Serials Records

Checks Category A, Administration and Finance:  (119) Bank Statements; (81) Canceled Checks

Circulation Records

Category F, Library, Archives, and Museums:  (3) Circulation Records

Class Grades

Category K, Student Records:  (42) Grade Reports

Class Evaluations

Category B, Academic Affairs: (15) Course and Teacher Evaluation File

Client records

Category C, Auxiliary Services: (1) Client Records (8) Medical Records (9) Non-Student Medical Records; Category K, Student Records:  (35) Counseling, Psychological, and Psychiatric Case Records

Clinical Records

Category C, Auxiliary Services: (1) Client Records (8) Medical Records (9) Non-Student Medical Records; Category K, Student Records:  (35) Counseling, Psychological, and Psychiatric Case Records Category A, Administration and Finance:(54) Research and Teaching Drug Inventory Records

Committee Reports, Committee Minutes, Committee Meetings

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (11) Committee Records (22) Faculty Senate Records (39) Staff Meeting Records

Comprehensive Examinations

Category K, Student Records:  (43) Graduate Students Degree Completed Records; (44) Graduate Students Degree Uncompleted Records (63) Student Advising Records  These records do not go in : (38) Examinations, Tests, Term Papers, and Homework Records

Computer System Maintenance Records

Category D, Information Management and Planning:  (1) Computer System Maintenance Records

Computer migration reports

Category D, Information Management and Planning:  (2) Computer System Program Documentation Records

Computer System Program Documentation

Category D, Information Management and Planning: (2) Computer System Program Documentation Records

Computers

 Information Management & Planning / Category D

Concert receipt books

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (107) Ticket Sales and Event Cash Reconciliation Records

Conference Information

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (8) Association and Organization Advisory Records (7) Agency Relations Records

Confidential Records Request

Category K, Student Records: (41) Georgia Open Records Act (GORA) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Records; (39) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Documents

Consultants

Category A, Administration and Finance: (115) Personal/Professional Services Contracts Records (63) Capital Construction Project Records

Contracts-Active

 

(There are many types of contracts used on campus. Please do a search on the BOR Records site linked above, if you do not see your category here)

Category A, Administration and Finance: (110) Contracts and Agreements Records;  (109) Author's and Artist's Contracts and Agreements Records;    (115) Personal/Professional Services Contracts Records Category G, Human Resources: (1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel RecordsCategory I, Research:  (17) Grants and Contracts Accounting Records

Copier counts

Category A, Administration and Finance: (101) Cash Records 

Correspondence

Category A, Administration and Finance: (13) Correspondence, Administrative (14) Correspondence, Executive (15) Correspondence, Transitory (16) Correspondence, General (Routine)

Counseling Records

Category K, Student Records: (35) Counseling, Psychological, and Psychiatric Case Records; (59) Services to Students with Disabilities (SSD) Records; (60) Special Academic Programs Student Records Category E, Intercollegiate Athletics: (22) Student Athletes Medical Records

Course Evaluation

Category B, Academic Affairs(15) Course and Teacher Evaluation FileCategory G, Human Resources  (44) Student Faculty/Course Evaluation Records

Credit card purchases

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (85) Credit Card Administration Records, Category C, Auxiliary Services: (23) Calling Card Records;Category H, Publications, Promotions and Alumni Relations:

(3) Alumni Association Services Program Records

Departmental Charges

Category A, Administration and Finance: (77) Accounts Payable Records

Departmental Meetings

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (39) Staff Meeting Records

Disciplinary hearings

Category K, Student Records: (64) Student Conduct Records/Disciplinary Action Records; Category G, Human Resources:  (2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy) (10) Classified Employees Non-Routine Evaluations (43) Student Employees Personnel Records

Displays

Category F, Library, Archives and Museum:  (8) Exhibit Records

Dissertations

Category K, Student Records:  (72) Theses and Dissertations Records

Donations

Category E, Intercollegiate Athletics:  (7) Donor Recognition Records; (11) Gift-In-Kind Donors Records; Category F, Library, Archives and Museum:   (2) Collection and Artifact Acquisition and Exchange Records; (8) Fund-Raising Records 

Donor lists

Category E, Intercollegiate Athletics:  (7) Donor Recognition Records; (11) Gift-In-Kind Donors Records; Category F, Library, Archives and Museum:   (2) Collection and Artifact Acquisition and Exchange Records; (8) Fund-Raising Records 

Drug Screening Testing

Category E, Intercollegiate Athletics:  (15) Positive Drug Test Records

Emails:

Nothing in database.  These are considered "records" and the BOR will be coming out with guidelines in the future.  For now, use "correspondence" as a guide:

Category A, Administration and Finance: (13) Correspondence, Administrative (14) Correspondence, Executive (15) Correspondence, Transitory (16) Correspondence, General (Routine)

Employee payroll deduction

Category G, Human Resources:  (18) Employees Benefits Records (49) Deduction Authorization Records; (55) Payroll Adjustment Records (72) Payroll Deduction Reimbursement Records

Employee Evaluations

Category G, Human Resources:  (11) Classified Employees Personnel Records (1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy)

Employment Search

Category G, Human Resources:  (40) Search Records

Enrollment

Category D, Information Management and Planning: (12) Enrollment Reports

Equipment Inventory

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (43) Equipment Inventory Records

Equipment Loan

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (46) Equipment Rental and Loan Records (44) Equipment Loan Agreements Records

Equipment Repair

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (45) Equipment Maintenance Records

Evaluations of employees, not of courses

Category G, Human Resources:  (11) Classified Employees Personnel Records (1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy)

Evaluations (of courses not employees)

Category B, Academic Affairs(15) Course and Teacher Evaluation FileCategory G, Human Resources  (44) Student Faculty/Course Evaluation Records

Events

Category A, Administration and Finance: (38) Special Event Records Category C, Auxiliary Services(26) Events Administration Records

Exams or Tests

Category K, Student Records:  (38) Examinations, Tests, Term Papers, and Homework Records

Exhibits

Category A, Administration and Finance: (109) Author's and Artist's Contracts and Agreements Records; Category F, Library, Archives, and Museum:
(8) Exhibit Records

Faculty Senate

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (11) Committee Records (22) Faculty Senate Records (39) Staff Meeting Records (24) Grievance Records

Faculty meetings or Departmental Meetings

Category A, Administration and Finance:  (39) Staff Meeting Records

Faculty Evaluations

Category G, Human Resources:  (1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy)Category B, Academic Affairs(15) Course and Teacher Evaluation FileCategory G, Human Resources  (44) Student Faculty/Course Evaluation Records

Foundation Pledges

Category H, Publications, Promotions and Alumni Relations: (8) Fund-Raising Records

Foundation Gifts

Category A, Administration and Finance: (23) Gifts Records Category H, Publications, Promotions and Alumni Relations: (8) Fund-Raising Records

Gift Reports

Category A, Administration and Finance: (23) Gifts Records Category H, Publications, Promotions and Alumni Relations: (8) Fund-Raising Records Category F, Library, Archives and Museums: (2) Collection and Artifact Acquisition and Exchange Records Category E, Athletics:  (7) Donor Recognition Records (11) Gift-In-Kind Donors Records

Gifts to Foundation

Category A, Administration and Finance: (23) Gifts Records Category H, Publications, Promotions and Alumni Relations: (8) Fund-Raising Records

Gifts

Category A, Administration and Finance: (23) Gifts Records Category H, Publications, Promotions and Alumni Relations: (8) Fund-Raising Records Category F, Library, Archives and Museums: (2) Collection and Artifact Acquisition and Exchange Records Category E, Athletics:  (7) Donor Recognition Records (11) Gift-In-Kind Donors Records

Grade Change Request

Category K, Student Records: (71) Supplemental Grade Report Records (61) Student Academic Records

Grade Sheets, Grade Books

Category K, Student Records: (26) Original Grade Sheets/ Class Lists (42) Grade Reports