High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4437
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-08-04
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Educational technology and distance education

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Unemployment

Youth employment and child labor
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020</b><br> <br> This bill makes students attending, participating in distance learning through, or on vacation from a secondary school eligible for pandemic unemployment assistance. Such assistance is generally available to individuals who are otherwise ineligible for other unemployment compensation and unable to work as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4437 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 4, 2020 Ms. Smith (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To clarify the eligibility of high school students to receive Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020 . 2. Inclusion of high school students (a) In general Section 2102(a) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) includes an individual who meets the criteria described in subparagraph (A) and is a student attending, doing distance learning through, or on vacation from, a secondary school (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )), regardless of whether the individual is able to accept employment during school hours; and . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ).