{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-396.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 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?","body":"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—\n(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;\n(b) Ensuring the maintenance of the interpreting skills of qualified interpreters; and\n(c) Providing opportunities for interpreters to raise their skill level competence in order to meet the highest standards approved by certifying associations.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education","CHAPTER III—OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","PART 396—TRAINING OF INTERPRETERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF-BLIND","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"fa44684595a6f5f729de13065553ce8312c8fa0f03fe925d826e36b83723245d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-395.38","next":"us/34-cfr-396.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}