No. The standard concerns actual qualifying knowledge and its use.
Compare evidence rather than spending alone
Training resources can explain a proposal without establishing the employee’s knowledge. Where new-office rules apply, financial ability to pay and begin business also needs its own assessment.
Include relevant preparation costs, but do not treat a training-cost estimate as a universal legal test or proof of specialized knowledge. The company should also budget the applicable filing and professional expenses, rather than treating one purchased report as a complete petition. The remaining budget question is how much internal and professional work is needed to document the specialist's special or advanced company-specific knowledge. Preparing the proprietary-product evidence and the payroll analysis is the larger internal cost, and repayment clauses should be settled in writing beforehand. Budget government filing charges, professional work, travel, and salary independently, checking current official fees rather than implying higher pay purchases a favourable decision. Spend the budget on assembling the revision history, training records and implementation plan, and on the government fees listed in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055.