In re the Claim of Silverman

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 22, 1980, which affirmed a Referee’s decision sustaining an initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner holding claimant ineligible for benefits. Claimant, a school teacher, was notified in April, 1979 that she would be terminated at the close of the school year because of declining student population. On June 15, 1979, she was notified that she would be placed on a preferred substitute list. She received a lump-sum payment of $3,585 at the close of the school year in June. The new school year started…