Your only, and I do mean ONLY (because you're a cinch to lose your benefits if you have even ignorantly commit fraud) thing to do right now is to call them AT ONCE and let them know you are in school. Discuss this situation with them. You may have screwed yourself up already, because there is a school or training related question on the form you've been using to certify for weeks of benefits. You should have told them immediately when you begun training. And then from then on, you would not have had to mark it, because they would already have had a decision on the or contacted you yet, but they will. Better you contact them first.

CALL THEM and talk with a living human being. Explain exactly what you have done and when you began training. Don't waste your time sweating bullets and worrying, get it straightened out immediately. First thing tomorrow. They will need to make what is called a "training decision" regarding your eligibility, and then you will not be required to make work searches, etc any more while you are in the approved training. They may have already done so. I can't tell from here. They can by looking at your claim in the system.

But just because you have been flying under the radar for a few weeks does NOT mean you are protecting your benefits that you "absolutely have to have." They could demand backpay for each week you've gotten since you began school IF you haven't dealt with it appropriately and don't deal with it soon and get it approved and get your claim set up as it should be when you're in training. They don't want to cut you off, they just want you to report things as you need to. If it's okay, aschool claim decision has already been made, and you were not supposed to mark your card "entered training" each time you certify, they'll be happy to explain that to you too. Don't listen to your co workers or co trainees. Get it from the unemployment insurance system. Hold the line till you can talk to someone and get this cleared up.