(1)
General rule. If you are
registered in a course of study that provides scholastic instruction of twelve
or more credit hours per week, you are disqualified from receiving benefits or
credit for your waiting week.
(2)
Period of disqualification. The disqualification starts with the
week the instruction begins or the week you left employment to return to
school, whichever is earlier. The disqualification ends at midnight on Saturday
of the week prior to the first full week in which you are no longer registered
for twelve or more hours of instruction. You must certify to the department
that you are not currently registered for twelve or more credit hours and will
not be registered for twelve or more credit hours for at least sixty days. If
you begin classes within sixty days, all benefits paid since the date of your
certification will be considered an overpayment. This overpayment is subject to
recovery under
RCW
50.20.190. If you are registered for classes
that begin more than sixty days in the future, you will not be disqualified
under this subsection.
(3)
Disqualification not applicable. The disqualification does not
apply if you:
(a) Are in approved training
under RCW
50.20.043;
(b) Are in an approved self-employment
assistance program under
RCW
50.20.250; or
(c) Show by a preponderance of the evidence
that you meet the availability requirements in chapter
192-170 WAC.
(4)
Definitions. As
used in this section:
(a) "School" includes
primary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education as
defined in
RCW
50.44.037;
(b) "Scholastic instruction" includes all
teaching or opportunity for learning subjects other than those of a strictly
vocational nature. Subjects of a vocational nature are those embraced in the
definition of "training" contained in WAC
192-200-010.
(c) "Twelve or more hours per week" means 12
or more credit hours per week or its equivalent.
(5)
Students. Students who claim
benefits are subject to all of the provisions of Title 50 RCW including:
(a)RCW
50.20.050 dealing with those who leave work
voluntarily without good cause;
(b)RCW
50.20.010(1)(c) requiring
claimants to be able and available for and actively seeking work; and
(c)RCW
50.20.240 requiring claimants to provide
evidence of their job search activities as requested by the
department.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
192-200-005
Amended by
WSR
21-16-034, Filed 7/26/2021, effective
1/2/2022
Statutory Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040, and
50.20.010. 10-11-046, §
192-200-005, filed 5/12/10, effective 6/12/10. Statutory Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040,
50.20.010,
50.20.250(7) and
50.20.012. 07-23-129, §
192-200-005, filed 11/21/07, effective 1/1/08. Statutory Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040,
50.12.042. 05-01-076, §
192-200-005, filed 12/9/04, effective
1/9/05.
