1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020”.
High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020
A BILL
To clarify the eligibility of high school students to receive Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes.
2. Inclusion of high school students
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—
in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by striking “and” at the end;
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
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”
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).