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This bill expands the responsibilities of the Auditor General, the state's independent auditor, to include charter schools in several key areas. Specifically, it clarifies that costs incurred by charter schools for suicide prevention training, mandated for school personnel working with students in grades six through twelve, will be classified as classroom spending by the Auditor General for reporting purposes, similar to how school districts are treated. The bill also explicitly includes charter schools in the requirement to comply with audit reporting, follow-up, and hearing participation rules overseen by the Auditor General, and grants the Auditor General the authority to attend executive sessions of charter school governing bodies for audit purposes. Furthermore, it amends provisions related to the Auditor General's access to records, ensuring that this access extends to charter schools and their contractors, and clarifies that authorized representatives of financial institutions must provide requested information to the Auditor General.

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https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84965