# Title 27 — Job Service North Dakota

## Article 27-03 — Unemployment Compensation Benefits

## Chapter 27-03-08 — Training

### § 27-03-08-01. Application of chapter.

This chapter governs the administration of the North Dakota Unemployment Compensation Law as
it relates to payment of benefits to persons in approved training.
General Authority: NDCC 52-02-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 52-06-01, 52-06-02(6)
### § 27-03-08-02. Definition.

An otherwise eligible individual, for the purposes of this chapter, is a person who meets the
requirements set forth in North Dakota Century Code section 52-06-01, except for the requirements of
subdivision a of subsection 3 of North Dakota Century Code section 52-06-01 relating to availability and
active search for work.
General Authority: NDCC 52-02-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 52-06-01, 52-06-02(6)
### § 27-03-08-03. Application for approval of a training or retrainingprogram.

An otherwise eligible unemployed individual who has filed or files a claim for benefits may make
written application to the bureau for approval of a training or retraining program which the individual
proposes to attend or to which the individual has been referred by the bureau. The application shall be
made on forms prescribed by the bureau and shall include the following information:
1. The individual's most recent employer and employment.
2. The proposed training or retraining course.
3. The educational institution at which the individual would receive training and retraining.
General Authority: NDCC 52-02-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 52-06-01, 52-06-02(6)
### § 27-03-08-04. Approval of training or retraining programs.

An individual's application for enrollment in a training or retraining program, unless other relevant
factors dictate otherwise, must be approved by the bureau for an otherwise eligible unemployed
individual if the bureau finds that the training or retraining program meets all of the following
requirements:
1. Reasonable and suitable work opportunities for which the individual is fitted by training,
experience, and physical capabilities do not exist in the individual's locality.
2. The training course is commensurate with the individual's abilities and is designed to prepare
the individual for available employment.

3. The training is conducted by an agency, educational institution, or employing unit which has
been approved for such training by the bureau in consultation with the state department of
vocational education, when necessary, to conduct training programs.
4. The training is vocational in nature or short-term academic training vocationally directed to an
occupation or skill for which there are, or are expected to be, reasonable work opportunities
available to the individual.
History: Amended effective December 1, 1988.
General Authority: NDCC 52-02-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 52-06-01, 52-06-02(6)
### § 27-03-08-05. Availability of trainee.

An otherwise eligible unemployed individual whose written application for approval of training or
retraining has been approved by the bureau may be paid benefits for any week during a period of
training or retraining if the bureau finds that all of the following have been met:
1. The individual has filed a claim on forms prescribed by the bureau.
2. A duly designated person connected with the training has certified each week that the
individual has been maintaining satisfactory progress and attendance in the course.
General Authority: NDCC 52-02-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 52-06-01, 52-06-02(6)
