Special Assistance for Training Handicapped Employees concerning Training Courses

The Acting Chairman of the Civil Service Commission requested concurrence of the view that "special expenses of making training courses available to the handicapped, particularly the communications-impaired employees, are reasonable in view of the government's responsibilities under the pertinent legislation." A specific question was whether funds generally available for employee training are available to pay for such special expenses as interpreters for the deaf and readers for the blind. Special expenses necessary to enable handicapped employees to participate in government training courses may be paid with appropriated funds.