Jobless-Aid Bill Makes School Employees Eligible for Benefits

By Mark Pitsch

WASHINGTON--The House last week approved an emergency unemployment-compensation bill that could make some nonprofessional school employees eligible for unemployment payments when school is not in session.

The Senate, however, was expected to take up its version of the bill-which does not include the provision regarding school workers--late last week or early this week.

The House bill, HR 3040, was approved by a vote of 283 to 125. It would allow state legislatures to permit school employees such as janitors and bus drivers to collect unemployment benefits if they could not find regular...