The District School Board of Niagara (DSBN) is committed to meeting records management responsibilities under the Education Act and to the effective, efficient and secure management of recorded information. Records include printed materials and electronic materials (regardless of format or media) that are created, collected and/or received in the course of DSBN’s day-to-day operations. Records in the custody and/or control of DSBN are corporate assets and remain the sole property of DSBN.
The records and information management program safeguards the collection, use, access, retention, disclosure and disposition of DSBN records and ensures the DSBN meets its obligations under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), the Ministry of Education’s Ontario Student Record (OSR) Guideline and any other applicable legislation. In compliance with the Education Act, the DSBN will maintain a schedule for the retention, disposition and eventual destruction of records other than records retained for archival use.
The records and information management function supports: