§ 318.10 - What activities may the Secretary fund?

(a) The Secretary supports training programs in the following eight areas:

(1) Preservice training of personnel for careers in special education, related services, and early intervention, including careers in—

(i) Special education teaching, including speech-language pathology, audiology, adapted physical education, and instructional and assistive technology;

(ii) Related services for children with disabilities in educational and other settings; and

(iii) Early intervention and preschool services.

(2) Leadership training, including—

(i) Supervision and administration at the advanced graduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral levels;

(ii) Research; and

(iii) Personnel preparation at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels.

(3) Special projects designed to include—

(i) Development, evaluation, and distribution of innovative approaches, curricula, and materials for personnel development; and

(ii) Other projects of national significance related to the preparation of personnel needed to serve infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.

(4) The formation of professional development programs consisting of consortia or partnerships of public and private entities.

(5) Technical assistance to the entities in paragraph (a)(4) of this section.

(6) Regional model demonstration training programs on deafness and secondary disabilities.

(7) Training educational interpreters.

(8) Training regular educators who serve students with deafness.

(b) Projects for preservice training, leadership training, and professional development programs must—

(1) Develop new programs to establish expanded capacity for quality preservice training; or

(2) Improve existing programs designed to increase the capacity and quality of preservice training.

(c) Projects supported under this program may provide training for degree, nondegree, certified, and noncertified personnel at associate degree through post-doctoral levels of preparation.