schools; audits; financial records; budgets HB2018, sponsored by Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, requires school districts and charter schools to send audit reports to the county school superintendent and Arizona Department of Education, which posts the reports to its website. Governing boards are required to publicly accept all audits and compliance questionnaires by roll call vote and the auditor general is to report any districts’ failures – to maintain a uniform system of financial records – to the State Board of Education and ADE. The bill had full bipartisan support and was signed into law February 12. McCarthy said while budget audits are performed annually by a third party, those audits are only useful if the public is paying attention. Audits weren’t always being presented to governing boards and school districts and weren’t being addressed in public meetings, he said.