United Educators of S.F. etc. v. Cal. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd.

Summary

The court held that a public school summer session is not automatically part of the period between academic years or terms for purposes of unemployment-benefit ineligibility. A summer session qualifies as an academic term when, viewed as a whole, it resembles the school’s other academic terms based on objective characteristics such as enrollment, staffing, budget, and instructional program. The court also held that the public-interest exception permitted relitigation of the statutory issue and remanded for further factual development.