Sec. 61.783. CONTRACTS

(a) The academy shall accomplish its purposes through contracts with a National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipient for this state under 20 U.S.C. Section 956. The academy shall contract with a grant recipient to provide on behalf of the academy:

(1) scholarships to selected college and university juniors and seniors who are majoring in a foreign language and who intend to pursue teaching careers;

(2) financial support to selected institutions and organizations for cultural exchange programs between Texas and its current and prospective trade partners that include photographic exhibitions, film and video documentary programs, print resources, conferences, and literary projects;

(3) financial support to selected teachers and scholars to conduct lectures and research projects in key foreign countries and to cover reasonable and necessary domestic expenses of teachers and scholars of other nations qualified to lecture and conduct research in Texas;

(4) financial support to selected colleges and universities to host summer programs of three to four weeks in duration in foreign language and culture studies, including the study of key international issues, designed to improve the knowledge and skills of foreign language teachers;

(5) financial support to selected colleges and universities to sponsor programs of one or two weeks in duration for interested high school students who have had at least two successful years of foreign language study; and

(6) financial support to selected institutions that will provide, for a fee, intensive foreign language instruction to owners and representatives of businesses and to professionals in this state who are doing or planning to do business with current and prospective trade partners and who will pay for the instruction.

(b) A contract with a grant recipient under Subsection (a) of this section must provide that:

(1) the grant recipient shall award scholarships and financial support that use academy money to persons and entities based on a competitive program established by the grant recipient;

(2) the grant recipient shall establish controls designed to ensure that persons and entities who receive scholarships or financial support use the money for the intended purpose;

(3) the grant recipient shall make regular reports to the director on its expenditures under the contract, including the identity of persons and entities chosen by the grant recipient to receive scholarships or financial support under the contract, and on other information related to the contract that may be required by the director; and

(4) the transactions of the grant recipient under the contract are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code.

(c) The grant recipient may also accomplish the purposes of the subject matter of a contract under this section with money that is not received under the contract, to the extent allowed under this subchapter and federal law.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.