The Buncombe County Schools Electronic Stored Information Retention Policy outlines procedures for retaining and destroying electronic records in accordance with state law. It requires that all employee emails be retained for a minimum of 3 years, and in some cases business emails must be retained longer according to the approved Records Retention and Disposition Schedule. The policy establishes an ESI Team responsible for implementing litigation holds to suspend normal retention procedures when relevant to pending legal proceedings. Any requests for ESI records must be made in writing and will be reviewed and released in accordance with public records laws. The Superintendent is authorized to implement additional ESI retention procedures consistent with this policy.