Can you go to school full-time and collect unemployment in New York

by Anonymous
(New York)

Can a person receive unemployment benefits and be a full time student receiving financial aid in the state of NY? What is considered a full time student by the state of NY? If a person can collect both while being full time, what is the maximum benefits they can receive from unemployment?









Hi,
I would figure this out by first checking the USDOL resource I link to within the content of the main page about school and unemployment.

What it says for NY under the heading "disqualified or ineligible while attending school?" is this: Yes, disqualified. Personal and
non-compelling.

Doesn't sound too good, eh? But since NY also provides an online interpretation index for all kinds of unemployment issues .. I would also check that to verify.

The index is located here.

The relevant issue would first be section 700 specifically, 760. This section also includes a link to section 2000. Furthermore, I suggest you see section 1200.

It seems to me after reading the very negative summary by the USDOL that it is a good idea to take the additional step of researching the issue further and reading NY's interpretations since they are so kind to provide at least something to help you understand an "issue" better than just guessing and by gollying your way to a denial of benefits.

It is up to you to bring the details of the conditions under which you are attending school full-time to determine whether you should be allowed to collect unemployment benefits ..

This is a truth about unemployment benefits.

First getting, and then retaining, eligibility for benefits is your responsibility to know what the laws allow. The devil is always in the details of how any specific state has interpreted their own statutes and it is of paramount importance that a person understand that each claim is based on an individual evaluation of the facts for any given claim .. based on those interpretations .. called precedents.