HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1603

may be granted only with regard to a specific plant shutdown,   and

shall not be construed to exempt any claimant from meeting   the

requirements of this article that he is able to work and
otherwise fully available for work.

Provided further that notwithstanding any other provisions
of this subsection, no otherwise eligible individual shall be
denied benefits for any week because he is in training with the
approval of the [Executive Director] SECRETARY, nor shall such
individual be denied benefits with respect to any week in which
he is in training with the approval of the [Executive Director]
SECRETARY by reason of the application of the provisions in this
subsection relating to availability for work and active search
for work or the provisions of § 6(d) of this article relating to
failure to apply for, or refusal to accept suitable work.

If the failure results from a summons before any court of
the United States or of any state to appear for jury duty, a
claimant may not be considered ineligible in any week for failing
to comply with the provisions of this subsection.

(f) (1) Subject to this subsection, benefits based on
service in employment defined in § 20(g)(7)(iii) are payable in
the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same
conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other service
subject to this article.

(2)  An individual may not be paid benefits based on
covered service performed in an instructional, research, or
principal administrative capacity in an institution of higher
education for any week of unemployment that begins before January
1, 1978, during the period between two successive academic years,
or during a similar period between two regular terms, whether or
not successive, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave for
which the individual's contract provides, if the individual has a
contract or contracts to perform any of those services for any
institution of higher education, or for a nonprofit organization
or a governmental entity on behalf of the institution of higher
education for both years or terms.

(3)  An individual may not be paid benefits based on
covered service performed in an instructional, research, or
principal administrative capacity for an educational institution,
or for a nonprofit organization or a governmental entity on
behalf of an educational institution for any week of unemployment
that begins after December 31, 1977 during a period of paid
sabbatical leave for which the individual's contract provides,
during the period between two successive academic years or terms
or, if an agreement provides instead for a similar period between
two regular but not successive terms, during this period, if the
individual performs the service in the first of 2 academic years
or terms and there is a contract or reasonable assurance that the
individual will perform services in any such capacity for any
educational institution in the second of 2 academic years or
terms.