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B-188710 1 (1978-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfun0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION THE CONPTROLLER kWS T OF TE UNIT.ED WASHINQTON. O.C - -IAL *go 45 JSm8 FILE: 8-188710 MATThEA DIGEST: DATE: March 23, 1978 OF: Handicapped Employees .. Compensation of Attendants During Thaining Compensation of attendants Vor hand.lcapped employees who attend Government training progran3 may not be paid by agencies. Although 5 U.S.C. 4109 allows agencies to incur necessary costs of services which are directly rela.ed to training. services of attendants are personal in nature, are normally provided by employees' families, and are not incident to preseitation of traintg curricula. In addition, naither statutory language or legislative history of 5 U.S.C. 7153 (1976) and 29 U.S.C. 791 (Supp. V, 1975), which provide for non- di~:rmination and affirmative action in Federal employment, !ndirate an intent to provide agencies with authorization to incur suci special expenses which we consider personal in nature. This decision is in response to a letter from Alan K. Campbell, Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission requesrii a deter-- mination as to whether agencies may incur the expenses of compensa- ting attendants for handicapped employees incident to official training provided outside the locali.,y of the regular duty station. The attendants 4ould be paid to provide the handicapped employees with required personal care, such as dressing, bathing, assisting in getting in or out of bed, and other services which are normal- ly provided by the employee's family at his regular duty station. The Chairnen cites the Government's r2:sponsibilities under the Government Employee's Training Act, 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 (1976), under 5 U.S.C. 7153 (1976), and under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 791 (Supp. V, 1975), and asks whether funds available for training employees pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4109 are also available to pay such expenses. Under 5 U.S.C. 4109, agency appropriations are available to pay or reimburse an employee for all or part of the necessary expenses of training, including the necessary costs of * * services or facilities directly related to the training of the employee. The Chairman notes that, in our decision 8-188710 of I I I '4 ~4. I U V 4 --~z~ I

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