People who have been laid off and want to go back to school often have to give up their monthly unemployment checks. And if they decide to return to school, they often don't qualify for federal aid because eligibility is based upon the previous year's income.
Under rule changes Obama outlined Friday, the Labor Department will ask states to make exceptions during economic downturns so that the unemployed can keep their benefits if they go to community college or pursue other education or training.
The current plan is absolutely asinine. The idea that a person needs to starve to death in order to retrain for another job is stupid. In fact here is a place where I wouldn't mind seeing some of that stimulus go to work. If a person is laid-off then if they enroll in school they should be able to still draw some kind of living expense instead of just looking for a new job.
Also the idea that they can't qualify for federal aid only after waiting for a full year is stupid as well. We need the person retrained and working at their new job ASAP. The only thing they need to do is put some kind of checks and balances on it so people don't abuse it.
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