---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 396.1"
title: "34"
number: "396.1"
heading: "What is the Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/396.1"
---

# §396.1. What is the Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind program?


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—

- (a) 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;
- (b) Ensuring the maintenance of the interpreting skills of qualified interpreters; and
- (c) Providing opportunities for interpreters to raise their skill level competence in order to meet the highest standards approved by certifying associations.

## Notes

### 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.