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Committee advances bill to exempt scholarships and fellowships from CalWORKs and CalFresh income calculations
Summary
AB 42, authored by Assemblymember Bridal, would clarify that merit-based scholarships, grants, fellowships and student loans are excluded from income calculations for CalWORKs and CalFresh recipients; the committee passed the bill to Appropriations.
The Assembly Committee on Human Services voted to pass AB 42, authored by Assemblymember Bridal, to clarify that all educational funding—including merit-based scholarships, grants and fellowships—should be excluded from income calculations under CalWORKs and CalFresh.
Supporters told the committee that current practice can count scholarships and similar student resources as income and thereby reduce eligibility for benefits. Assemblymember Bridal…
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