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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1192, sub-§7, ¶B, as amended by PL 1983, c. 13, §7, is
further amended to read:

 
B. With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after
September 3, 1982,in any other capacity for an educational
institution, benefits shall may not be paid on the basis of
those services to any individual for any week which that
commences during a period between 2 successive academic
years or terms if the individual performs those services in
the first of the academic years or terms and there is annual
written reasonable assurance that the individual will
perform the services in the 2nd of that academic year or
terms; except that if benefits are denied to any individual
under this paragraph and the individual was not offered an
opportunity to perform the services for the educational
institution for the 2nd of those academic years or terms,
the individual shall be is entitled to a retroactive payment
of benefits for each week for which the individual filed a
timely claim for benefits and for which benefits were denied
solely by reason of this paragraph.__Benefits may not be
denied pursuant to this paragraph to any person who is
employed by an educational institution primarily to
transport students to and from school or other school-
related activities;

 
Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §1192, sub-§7, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 515, §14,
is amended to read:

 
D. With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after June
30, 1979, benefits shall may be denied to an individual who
performed services in an educational institution while in the
employ of an educational service agency for any week which that
commences during a period described in paragraphs A, B and C if
that individual performs any services described in paragraphs
paragraph A or B in the first of these periods, as specified in
the applicable paragraph, and there is a contract or a reasonable
assurance as applicable in the appropriate paragraph, that the
individual will perform these services in the 2nd of these
periods, as applicable in the appropriate paragraph. Benefits
may not be denied pursuant to this paragraph during a period
between 2 successive academic years or terms to any person who is
employed by an educational service agency primarily to transport
students to and from school or school-related activities. For
purposes of this paragraph the term "educational service agency"
means a governmental agency or governmental entity which that is
established and operated


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