Funds must be obligated within the period stated unless an extension has been approved by the Office of Arts. Any funds granted but not expended or committed shall be returned to the Arts Council at the conclusion of the grant period. Any funds granted but not expended or committed shall be returned to the Arts Council at the conclusion of the grant period.
Subsequent grants are dependent upon receipt of completed evaluation reports.
See pages 133-135 for a copy of the standard evaluation form. No part of any project or production which is financed in whole or in part under the grant will be performed or engaged in under working conditions which are unsanitary or hazardous or dangerous to the health and safety of the employees engaged in such project or production. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, as amended, provides that no person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Under this regulation, a federally-funded arts program when viewed in its entirety must be accessible to all persons. The National Endowment for the Arts issued its regulations to enforce the law in 1979.