34 CFR § 396.5 - What activities may the Secretary fund?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s396.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 396.5 - What activities may the Secretary fund?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "396.5"
section_name: "What activities may the Secretary fund?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "396"
part_name: "TRAINING OF INTERPRETERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF-BLIND"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 55625, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "396"
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# 396.5 What activities may the Secretary fund?
The Secretary may award grants to public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations, including institutions of higher educations, to provide assistance for establishment of interpreter training programs or for projects that provide training in interpreting skills for persons preparing to serve, and persons who are already serving, as interpreters for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, and as interpreters for individuals who are deaf-blind in public and private agencies, schools, and other service-providing institutions.
(Authority: Section 302(f) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 772(f))