Section 31-235-20 - Availability - Student availability(a) The Administrator shall not consider an individual to be unavailable for work solely because such individual is attending a school, college or university as a regularly enrolled student, provided the individual has not been found ineligible under the provisions of section 31-236(a)(6) of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Administrator shall not consider an individual's efforts to obtain work to be lacking if, as a student, the individual restricts such efforts to full-time employment, or part-time employment provided the individual has satisfied the requirements of section 31-235-6a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which does not conflict with the individual's regular class hours as a student.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), any individual who is attending a school, college or university as a regularly enrolled full-time student and who has attended a school, college or university as a regularly enrolled full-time student at any time during the two years prior to the individual's date of separation from employment shall be considered by the Administrator to be unavailable for work unless the individual has been employed on a full-time basis for the same two-year period.(c) For purposes of this section, "school" means an established institution of vocational, academic or technical instruction or education, other than a college or university.(d) For purposes of this section, "regularly enrolled student" means an individual who has completed all forms and processes required to attend a school, college or university and who will attend prescribed classes at the times they are offered.(e) For purposes of this section, "regularly enrolled full-time student" means an individual who has registered for sufficient credits to constitute full-time status, as determined by the school, college or university.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-235-20
Effective June 24, 1986; Amended December 7, 2007