Section 1269.1 Of Article 1.5. California Training Benefits Program From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.5.
1269.1
. If the training is not authorized under Section 1269, a
determination of potential eligibility for benefits under this
article shall be issued to an unemployed individual if the director
finds that all of the following apply:
(a) The individual has been unemployed for four or more continuous
weeks, or the individual is unemployed and unlikely to return to his
or her most recent workplace because work opportunities in the
individual's job classification are impaired by a plant closure or a
substantial reduction in employment at the individual's most recent
workplace, by advancement in technological improvements, by the
effects of automation and relocation in the economy, or because of
mental or physical disability that prohibits the individual from
utilizing existing occupational skills.
(b) One of the substantial causes of the individual's unemployment
is a lack of sufficient current demand in the individual's labor
market area for the occupational skills for which the individual is
fitted by training and experience or current physical or mental
capacity, and that the lack of employment opportunities is expected
to continue for an extended period of time, or, if the individual's
occupation is one for which there is a seasonal variation in demand
in the labor market and the individual has no other skill for which
there is current demand.
(c) The training or retraining course of instruction relates to an
occupation or skill for which there are, or are expected to be in
the immediate future, reasonable employment opportunities in the
labor market area in this state in which the individual intends to
seek work and there is not a substantial surplus of workers with
requisite skills in the occupation in that area.
(d) The training or retraining course of instruction is one
approved by the director and can be completed within a reasonable
period of time.
(e) The training or retraining course is a full-time course
prescribed for the primary purpose of training the applicant in
skills that will allow him or her to obtain employment in a demand
occupation.
(f) The individual can be reasonably expected to complete the
training or retraining successfully.
(g) The beginning date of training is more than three years after
the beginning date of training last approved for the individual under
this subdivision.
(h) (1) If a determination of potential eligibility for benefits
is issued under this section, except under subdivision (c), and when
federal extended unemployment insurance benefits are in effect, the
director may find that an unemployed individual is eligible for
training benefits if the individual is enrolled in a community
college or other accredited postsecondary education program with the
purpose of preparing the applicant in academic or job skills,
including remedial training, that will increase employment
opportunities or that leads to an industry-recognized credential or
certificate designed for a specific occupation. If an individual is
approved for training benefits under this subdivision and the federal
extended unemployment insurance benefits are subsequently no longer
in effect, the individual shall remain eligible as long as he or she
is attending the training and is meeting the provisions of this
article.
(2) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(A) "Accredited" means an institution recognized or approved by an
accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of
Education.
(B) "Accrediting agency" is an agency recognized by the United
States Department of Education.