A. The Arizona government education fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. The department of education shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

B. The department shall use monies in the fund to contract with third parties to provide for annual, one-week high school civics courses that focus on state government. The courses shall be sponsored by a federally chartered national veterans’ organization that has at least fifty years of experience in providing this type of civics education. The courses shall be conducted on the campuses of public and private postsecondary institutions in this state.