California Code, Education Code - EDC § 76220

Community college districts shall establish, maintain, and destroy student records according to regulations adopted by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.  Such regulations shall establish state policy as to what items of information shall be placed into student records and what information is appropriate to be compiled by individual community college officers or employees under the exception to student records provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 76210.  No student records shall be destroyed except pursuant to such regulations or as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 76232.