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<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You may be able to find what you are looking for <a href="https://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/records/local/localschedules.html">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Denise Towers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">School Finance Regionalization & Compliance Coordinator<br>
Maine Department of Education</span> <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Email</span></b><b>: </b><u><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:Denise.towers@Maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Denise.towers@Maine.gov</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> SchoolFinance <schoolfinance-bounces@maillist.informe.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara Grindle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 15, 2023 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> schoolfinance@maillist.informe.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SchoolFinance] Retention of personnel files<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Has anyone ever received legal advice about retention of past employee personnel files? I believe I've been to a training before, that said you had to keep the hard copies, and
couldn't just have an electronic version. I would like to know if someone has heard differently. We have lots of filing cabinets, full of all past employees, and would love to have some office space back. We have a scanner, and time to scan, so we can clean
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Barbara Grindle<o:p></o:p></p>
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