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HOUSE BILL 1875
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Peery and Zellinsky.
Read first time February 13, 1991. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance benefits; and amending RCW 50.44.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 50.44.050 and 1990 c 33 s 587 are each amended to read as follows:
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (1) through (4) of this section, benefits based on services in employment covered by or pursuant to this chapter shall be payable on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other service subject to this title.
(1) Benefits based on service in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution shall not be paid to an individual for any week of unemployment which commences during the period between two successive academic years or terms (or, when an agreement provides instead for a similar period between two regular but not successive terms, during such period) if such individual performs such services in the first of such academic years or terms and if there is a contract or reasonable assurance that such individual will perform services in any such capacity for any educational institution in the second of such academic years or terms. Any employee of a common school district who is presumed to be reemployed pursuant to RCW 28A.405.210 shall be deemed to have a contract for the ensuing term.
(2) Benefits shall not be paid based on services in any other capacity for an educational institution for any week of unemployment which commences during the period between two successive academic years or terms, if such individual performs such services in the first of such academic years or terms and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the second of such academic years or terms: PROVIDED, That if benefits are denied to any individual under this subsection and that individual was not offered an opportunity to perform such services for the educational institution for the second of such academic years or terms, the individual is entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits for each week for which the individual filed a timely claim for benefits and for which benefits were denied solely by reason of this subsection.
(3) Benefits shall not be paid based on any services described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section for any week of unemployment which commences during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if such individual performs such services in the period immediately before such vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the period immediately following such vacation period or holiday recess.
(4)
Benefits shall not be paid (as specified in subsections (1), (2), or (3) of
this section) based on any services described in subsections (1) or (2) of this
section to any individual who performed such services in an educational
institution while in the employ of an educational service district ((which
is established pursuant to chapter 28A.310 RCW and exists to provide services
to local school districts)), or who provided such services to or on
behalf of an educational service district at the request of a school district
in the performance of school district responsibilities. For the purposes of
this section, "educational service district" means an educational
service district established pursuant to chapter 28A.310 RCW that exists to
provide services to local school districts.