(1) The state department of education shall provide technical assistance to persons or groups preparing or revising charter petitions and to existing public charter schools in the same manner as such assistance is provided to traditional public schools and school districts. (2) Upon request, the state department of education shall provide the following information concerning a public charter school whose petition has been approved: (a) The public charter school's charter and performance certificate; (b) The annual audit performed at the public charter school pursuant to the public charter school petition; and (c) Any written report by the state board of education to the legislature reviewing the educational effectiveness of public charter schools. (3) At least one (1) person among a group of petitioners of a prospective public charter school shall attend a public charter school workshop offered by the state department of education. The state department of education shall provide notice of dates and locations when workshops will be held and shall provide proof of attendance to workshop attendees. Such proof shall be submitted by the petitioners to an authorized chartering entity along with the charter petition. (4) Prior to submission of a petition for a new or conversion public charter school to an authorized chartering entity, the state department of education must conduct a sufficiency review of the petition and provide to the petitioners, in writing, the findings of such review.
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