In re the Claim of Marin

*1293Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 10, 2009, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he received a reasonable assurance of continued employment.

Claimant was employed as a per diem substitute paraprofessional in the New York City School District during the 2007-2008 school year, during which he worked 27 days. In June 2008, the school district sent claimant a letter assuring him of continued employment as a per diem paraprofessional during the 2008-2009 school year, with anticipation that there…