12-172 C.M.R. ch. 14, § 1 - DEFINITIONS

For purposes of subsection 7 of section 1192 of the Employ­ment Security Law, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A. A "contract" means an agreement that an individual will perform services in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for any educational institution, as defined in subsection 29 of section 1043 of the Employment Security Law, or for any educational service agency, as defined in paragraph D of subsection 7 of section 1192 of the Employment Security Law. Such contract may be written, oral, express or implied.

B. "Annual written reasonable assurance" means a letter or other form in which an educational institution or educational service agency assures an individual that he or she will perform services for the educational institution or educational service agency in accordance with the conditions contained in such letter or form. When making determinations involving a contract or annual written reasonable assurance, the bureau shall take into consideration the claimant's prior employment history and pattern of employment.

C. "Established and customary vacation periods or holiday recesses" means those vacation periods or recesses which the local authority having control of the school system has customarily included in the school system schedule.

D. "Benefits based on services" means the benefits for which eligibility was determined pursuant to subsection 5 of section 1192 of the Employment Security Law on the basis of wages paid in a claimant's base period by educational institutions or educational service agencies.

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