H-1319

   Amend House File 980 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 19 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 96.4, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  An otherwise eligible individual shall not be denied benefits for any week because the individual is in training with the approval of the director or in apprenticeship training with the approval of the individual’s employer, nor shall the individual be denied benefits with respect to any week in which the individual is in training with the approval of the director by reason of the application of the provision in subsection 3 of this section relating to availability for work, and an active search for work or the provision of section 96.5, subsection 3, relating to failure to apply for or a refusal to accept suitable work. However, an employer’s account shall not be charged with benefits so paid.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, by striking <taxes on employers> 
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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