Substitute Teaching and Unemployment Insurance - Appeal

My school district has appealed my unemployment because I took a job as a substitute teacher after being laid off as a parapro.

I was laid off as a parapro in June 09. I already worked a part-time job which offered work during school weeks, but not outside of those weeks.

I filed for unemployment, and was deemed eligible due to no work available as a parapro. During weeks when substitute jobs were available, I could earn more money than unemployment, while still looking for some other full-time employment (especially within the school system). I consequently did not file during those weeks, suspending my file.

During those weeks when no substitute jobs were available, or where school was out, I applied to have my unemployment from the parapro position reinstated.

While the DOL has ruled to reinstate unemployment benefits several times, the most recent has been appealed by the school district.

Does taking a temporary position without benefits, with the same employer that laid you off in the first place,
invalidate the original claim?

No one who can do anything about this at the school district will give me the details of why they are appealing, because it is now a legal matter (even if it was a mistake on their part - I am concluding this is not the case).

DOL won't give me any details other than the legalese booklet.

Any advice? Any other teachers / parapros run into this?

This is an old posting, but in case anyone else has the same question....my district laid me off from full time teaching in June '09, and I have been living off of a combination of unemployment and sub pay since then. Sub pay does not cancel unemployment. If I sub 5 days in one week, I will make more than unemployment, so for that week I don't collect anything but my claim is not canceled.