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Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals employed by educational institutions for unemployment insurance benefits between two successive academic years or terms
Sponsored by Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Austin Baeth (D), Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Timi M. Brown-Powers (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert (D), Rep. Eric J. Gjerde (D), Rep. Daniel Gosa (D), Rep. Rob Johnson (D), Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D), Rep. Bob Kressig (D), Rep. Monica Kurth (D), Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D), Rep. Mary Lee Madison (D), Rep. Heather Matson (D), Rep. Larry McBurney (D), Rep. Brian Meyer (D), Rep. Angel Ramirez (D), Rep. J.D. Scholten (D), Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D), Rep. Ross Wilburn (D), Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D)
Topics:K–12 educationJobs & workers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2026
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School employees who work between academic years would be able to collect unemployment benefits if they have a reasonable assurance of returning to their jobs. If an employee is not offered a job for the next term as expected, they can receive retroactive payments for those weeks. Any costs for implementing these changes would be paid by school districts using their state foundation aid.1
Read the official explanation
Current law provides that an individual is not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits based on service in a capacity that is not an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution for any week of unemployment that begins during the period between two successive academic years or terms, if the individual performs the services in the first of such academic years or terms and has reasonable assurance that the individual will perform services for the second of such academic years or terms. If the individual is not offered an opportunity to perform the services for an educational institution for the second of such academic years or terms, the individual is entitled to retroactive payments of such benefits. This bill strikes the provision.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.
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