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Committee advances AB 42 to exempt student scholarships and fellowships from CalWORKs and CalFresh income tests
Summary
AB 42 would clarify that merit‑based scholarships, grants, loans and fellowships are excluded from income calculations for CalWORKs and CalFresh, aligning CalFresh with existing CalWORKs exclusions. The committee voted to pass the bill to Appropriations.
Assemblymember A motion presented AB 42 to the Committee on Human Services seeking to exempt merit‑based private scholarships, grants, loans and fellowships from income calculations under CalWORKs and CalFresh.
The author told the committee that although CalWORKs and CalFresh already exclude need‑based educational funding, they do not explicitly exempt merit‑based private…
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