130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1509
S.P. 486 In Senate, April 15, 2021
An Act To Provide That Maine's School Bus Drivers Are Eligible
for Unemployment Insurance in Certain Circumstances
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 13, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Labor and Housing pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator DAVIS of Piscataquis.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1192, as amended by PL 2017, c. 453, §§1 to 5 and c. 475, Pt.
3 A, §44, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:
4 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, benefits may not be
5 denied to a school bus driver for any week for which an educational institution does not
6 require the services of that school bus driver due to extraordinary circumstances beyond
7 the control of that school bus driver.
8 SUMMARY
9 This bill provides that a school bus driver is eligible to receive unemployment benefits
10 for any week for which the school does not require the services of that school bus driver
11 due to extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of that school bus driver.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1509, SP 486: 26.1192