LECOUNA v. Cramer

Moore, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The Commissioner of Labor appealed from the decision of the district court for Sarpy County which ruled that the claimant was eligible to receive unemployment benefits because she was no longer a student. Although our reasoning differs from the district court’s, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Denise M. Cramer was working full time for Amsan, LLC, when she was admitted into an accelerated degree program on July 23, 2004, at Bellevue University (Bellevue). Bellevue’s accelerated degree program allows a student to obtain a bachelor of science or arts degree in 1 year of study. As a…