GOP Approves Jobs Bill to Deny UI to Jobless Lacking Diploma or GED

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GOP Approves Jobs Bill to Deny UI to Jobless Lacking Diploma or GED.

Wednesday, a congressional panel approved a Republican bill that would allow states to divert $31 billion worth of federal money for the long-term unemployed and use it to pay down state debt instead. The bill also would disqualify jobless Americans from receiving unemployment benefits if they lack a high school diploma or a GED. The bill would also set a national minimum standard for work-search requirements for laid off workers who apply for benefits.

The Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Services Act (JOBS Act for short), approved by the House Ways and Means Committee, would let states trim or even eliminate extra weeks of benefits, which currently support more 4.1 million laid-off workers. The bill now heads to the full House of Representatives.

What is next? No UI benefits unless you have a college degree? This is just the latest assault on the poor, especially since the GOP seems determined to cut education programs and has already devastated the college grants once available to assist low income Americans seeking a college education.

http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-san-diego/gop-approves-jobs-bill-to-deny-ui-to-jobless-lacking-diploma-or-ged