25 CFR § 39.407 - How long must a school maintain records?

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title: "25 CFR § 39.407 - How long must a school maintain records?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "39.407"
section_name: "How long must a school maintain records?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "39"
part_name: "THE INDIAN SCHOOL EQUALIZATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 13, 2008; Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 61864, Oct. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
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# 39.407 How long must a school maintain records?

The responsible administrative official for each school must maintain records relating to ISEP, supplemental services, and transportation-related expenditures. The official must maintain these records in appropriate retrievable storage for at least the four years prior to the current school year, unless Federal records retention schedules require a longer period.