In re the Claim of Ellenport

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 12, 1996, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive additional unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to Labor Law § 599 (2).

Claimant received unemployment insurance benefits from January 30, 1995 until September 17, 1995. During that time *822claimant also received additional benefits pursuant to Labor Law § 599 to attend a desktop publishing course. Thereafter, on August 14, 1995, claimant was referred to a word processing course offered by the Consortium for Worker Education. According to the latter’s…