Section 112. Local personnel training

Each public welfare district shall
  make provision, with the assistance and cooperation of  the  department,
  for  suitable  training  of  employees of its welfare department.   Such
  provision shall include such of the  following  as  the  department  may
  approve  or require for such district:  employment of qualified training
  directors and/or teachers; the granting of scholarships and fellowships;
  continuing salaries of employees while undergoing training, pursuant  to
  section   thirty;   contracting  with  approved  schools,  colleges  and
  universities for  courses  of  instruction  and/or  classes  or  special
  classes; sponsoring, conducting and participating in seminars, workshops
  and meetings and allowing or requiring attendance of selected employees;
  payment of stipends and expenses, within prescribed limits, of employees
  undergoing training.