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.