Vermont § 1471 - Training benefit program

§ 1471. Training benefit program

• (a) An individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits under this chapter, but who has
  exhausted his or her maximum benefit amount under section 1340 of this chapter and
  any other available federally funded extension, is entitled to a maximum of an additional
  26 weeks of benefits in the same amount as the weekly benefit amount established in
  the individual’s most recent benefit year if the individual is enrolled in and making
  satisfactory progress in either a State-approved training program or a job training
  program authorized under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (b) To be eligible for training benefits under this section, an individual shall be in
  compliance with both the following: (1) The individual has been separated from a declining occupation or has been involuntarily
  and indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a permanent reduction of
  operations at the individual’s place of employment. (2) The individual is enrolled in a program designed to train the individual for entry
  into a high demand occupation. (Added 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § E.401.1, eff. June 3, 2010; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 127.)