Hillcrest Educational Centers complies with state and federal laws and regulations pertaining the retention and/or destruction of all documents related to students, employees and the organization. (For policy on student records, please see Section 3 of Policies and Procedures, “Program Policies”.)

1) Payroll and business records are retained for at least seven (7) years, after which they are destroyed by burning in order to achieve maximum confidentiality.

2) Worker’s Compensation files are retained for at least 30 years. Any eventual destruction of outdated Worker’s Compensation files will also be accomplished by burning in order to achieve maximum confidentiality.

3) Personnel files are retained for at least seven (7) years. Destruction of outdated personnel files is accomplished by burning in order to achieve maximum confidentiality.

4) Program Site Fire Drill Reports

Fire Drill reports for the program sites are kept for two years, so that any given time, each program site has fire drill documentation for two complete years. After two years the reports are destroyed.

The destruction of records and documents by burning is conducted as a purchased service by a legitimate and reputable company.