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34 CFR §396.1

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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—
  1. (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;
  2. (b)Ensuring the maintenance of the interpreting skills of qualified interpreters; and
  3. (c)Providing opportunities for interpreters to raise their skill level competence in order to meet the highest standards approved by certifying associations.