Laura Lashley and Robert Botkin wrote in District Administration about the growing challenge K-12 school districts face in managing vast amounts of both physical and digital student records.

"Even as districts have shifted to digitizing records, many leaders are all too familiar with being bogged down in maintaining physical files that span multiple generations of students and employees who have long left the district and live in other jurisdictions and countries," Laura and Robert wrote. "By holding onto those old, sensitive records, the district could expose itself to noncompliance with data privacy laws."

"Without making conscientious data governance decisions, many districts remain in a reactive posture, holding onto documents, files, and records that schools are not legally required to maintain. Worse, these unnecessarily maintained records create high costs and significant liability should a security incident occur."

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