Plain English Breakdown
The bill states reimbursement depends on a future determination by the Commission on State Mandates, so costs to colleges are not guaranteed yet.
Expanding Education Support for CalWORKs Families in Community Colleges
This law expands who can join a community college support program and allows colleges to pay full wages for work-study jobs while removing time limits on childcare.
What This Bill Does
- Changes the definition of a CalWORKs recipient to include people whose dependents receive aid.
- Allows students who have used up their 60-month limit on cash aid to join if they still have dependents receiving aid.
- Adds direct money for basic needs as an allowed service in the program.
- Lets colleges pay 100% of a work-study wage instead of limiting payments to 75%.
- Removes the rule that requires employers to pay at least 25% of the work-study wage.
- Deletes time limits on subsidized campus childcare for students in the program.
Who It Names or Affects
- Community college districts and their staff
- Students who have dependents receiving CalWORKs aid, even if they passed the cash aid limit
Terms To Know
- CalWORKs Recipients Education Program
- A program in California Community Colleges that gives educational and special services to people receiving CalWORKs aid.
- Work-study
- Jobs for students where the college or employer pays part of the wage, often funded by government programs.
- State-mandated local program
- A rule that requires local agencies like colleges to do something new because the state passed a law.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill only works if money is included in the annual Budget Act.
- Reimbursement to colleges depends on a future decision by the Commission on State Mandates.