---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 396.20"
title: "34"
number: "396.20"
heading: "What must be included in an application?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/396.20"
---

# §396.20. What must be included in an application?


Each applicant shall include in the application—

- (a) A description of the manner in which the proposed interpreter training program will be developed and operated during the five-year period following the award of the grant;
- (b) A description of the communication needs for training interpreters for the population(s) or in the geographical area(s) to be served by the project;
- (c) A description of the applicant's capacity or potential for providing training of interpreters for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and interpreters for individuals who are deaf-blind that is evidence-based, and based on promising practices when evidence-based practices are not available;
- (d) An assurance that any interpreter trained or retrained under this program shall meet those standards of competency for a qualified professional, that the Secretary may establish;
- (e) An assurance that the project shall cooperate or coordinate its activities, as appropriate, with the activities of other projects funded under this program;
- (f) The descriptions required in [34 CFR 385.45](/cfr/34/385.45.md) with regard to the training of individuals with disabilities, including those from minority groups, for rehabilitation careers; and
- (g) Such other information as the Secretary may require.

## 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.