§ 1423b - Extended benefits; approved training programs
§ 1423b. Extended benefits; approved training programs
(a) An individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits under this chapter, but who has exhausted his or her maximum benefit amount under section 1340 of this chapter shall be entitled to an additional 26 weeks of benefits in the same amount as the weekly benefit amount established in the individual's most recent benefit year if the individual is enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in a state-approved training program as defined in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A state-approved training program is any training program or job training program that meets all of the following criteria:
(1) It is authorized by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-220.
(2) It is designed to assist individuals who have been separated from a declining occupation or who have been involuntarily and indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a permanent reduction of operations at the individual's place of employment.
(3) It is designed to train the individual for entry into a high-demand occupation. (Added 2009, No. 54, § 34, eff. June 1, 2009.)