44-704c. Additional benefits payable; shared work program. (a) A claimant who exhausts regular benefits and who is enrolled in an approved training program under subsection (s) of K.S.A. 44-703, and amendments thereto, and making successful progress in such program, shall be eligible for up to 26 weeks of additional benefits. (b) This additional benefit may be provided to a claimant in a shared work program under K.S.A. 44-757, and amendments thereto. However, if the claimant is in a shared work program then such claimant shall not be entitled to receive this additional benefit for two consecutive benefit years after the training benefits expire. In addition, a claimant who is receiving shared work benefits when they become eligible for these additional benefits shall have their payable amount determined in the same manner as their shared work benefits. |
History: L. 2003, ch. 96, § 5; L. 2009, ch. 129, § 2; Jan. 1, 2010. |