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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-909" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Eligibility for Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only with respect to service in covered employment under §§ 8–208(a) and 8–212(c) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply with respect to service in other covered employment, including covered employment for a for–profit employing unit, even if the service is provided exclusively for a governmental entity or a charitable, educational, religious, or other organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, benefits based on service in covered employment under §§ 8–208(a) and 8–212(c) of this title shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service in covered employment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With respect to services performed in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution, benefits may not be paid based on those services for any week of unemployment that begins during:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a period between 2 successive academic years;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a similar period between 2 regular but not successive terms; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a period of contractually provided paid sabbatical leave.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection applies only to any individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>performs the services in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity in the first of 2 academic years or terms; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a contract or reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for any educational institution in the second of the 2 academic years or terms.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With respect to services performed for an educational institution in any capacity other than instructional, research, or principal administrative, benefits may not be paid on the basis of the services for any week of unemployment that begins during a period between 2 successive academic years or terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection applies to any individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>performs the services described in this subsection in the first of 2 academic years or terms; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the second of the 2 successive academic years or terms.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Before July 1 of each year, each educational institution shall provide the Department with the name and Social Security number of each individual who has a reasonable assurance of performing covered employment described under this subsection in the next academic year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If an individual whose name and Social Security number are required to be submitted to the Department under paragraph (3) of this subsection is not given an opportunity to perform the services for the educational institution for the next successive year or term, the individual shall be eligible for benefits retroactively if the individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>files a timely claim for each week;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>was denied benefits solely under this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is otherwise eligible for benefits.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With respect to services described in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, an individual may not be eligible for benefits based on the services for any week that begins during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection applies to any individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>performs the services in the period immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the period immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “educational service agency” means a governmental entity that is established and operated exclusively to provide educational service to one or more educational institutions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If any service described in subsection (c) or (d) of this section is performed by an individual in an educational institution while in the employ of an educational service agency, the individual is subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section and benefits may not be paid if not allowed under subsection (c), (d), or (e) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If any service described in subsection (b) of this section is provided by an individual to or on behalf of an educational institution, the individual is subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section and benefits may not be paid if not allowed under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
