Special Education Records Notice

Special Education records collected by the Albertville City School System related to identification, evaluation, educational placement or the provision of Special Education in the district, must be maintained under state and federal laws for five years after Special Education services have ended for the student. Special Education services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates, completes his or her educational program at age 21 or moves from the district. 

This notification is to inform families and former students of Albertville City School System's policy of destroying special education records upon the expiration of five years from the date the services end. These records will be destroyed in accordance with state and federal law unless the parent/guardian or adult student notifies the Albertville City School System otherwise. After five years, the records are no longer useful to the district, but they may be useful to the parent/guardian or former student in applying for Social Security benefits, rehabilitation services, college entrance, etc.

This serves as a written notice to parents and former students that the destruction of special education records for students, regardless of age, who have not received special education or gifted services in the Albertville City School System for five or more years, will take place after the first day of May each year.

A legal guardian, or former student if age 19 or older, must contact ACS Exceptional Education Department to arrange pick up of records.  Records MUST be picked up prior to the first day of May of the calendar year. Albertville City Schools Exceptional Education Department is located at 107 West Main Street, Albertville, AL 35950. The office contact number is (256) 891-1183.