ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENT TO DESTROY SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS
The Special Education Department of Newton County School System will destroy records that have been collected, maintained, and/or used in providing special education services. This activity is in compliance with federal, state and local policy. The destruction of data policy provides that records may be destroyed when they are no longer needed for educational planning purposes.
STUDENTS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED
This destruction policy only applies to
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS BORN IN 2000.
TO OBTAIN THESE EDUCATIONAL RECORDS
REQUEST FOR RECORDS MUST BE MADE
PRIOR TO JUNE 8, 2023.
We will also be destroying special education records at the end of 2023 for students born from July 1st – December 31st, 2001. There will be a second notice run in December 2023 for these records.
Contact the Office of Special Education at: Newton County Public Schools – Board of Education, 2109 Newton Dr. N.E. Covington, GA 30014 or by phone: (770)787-1330, Ext. 1221. Records will be provided only to a former student who is 18 years of age or older or the legal guardian. We will notify the individual by phone when the requested records are prepared. The records should be picked up at the Board of Education. Anyone obtaining records will be required to produce identification that contains both picture and signature.