§396.1. What is the Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind program?
34 C.F.R. § 396.1
The Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind program is designed to establish interpreter training programs or to provide financial assistance for ongoing interpreter programs to train a sufficient number of qualified interpreters throughout the country in order to meet the communication needs of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and individuals who are deaf-blind by—
Training interpreters to effectively interpret and transliterate between spoken language and sign language and to transliterate between spoken language and oral or tactile modes of communication;
Ensuring the maintenance of the interpreting skills of qualified interpreters; and
Providing opportunities for interpreters to raise their skill level competence in order to meet the highest standards approved by certifying associations.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: Sections 12(c) and 302(a) and (f) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 709(c) and 772(a) and (f), unless otherwise noted.
Source
Source: 81 FR 55625, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.