Notes
This section of 'Notes' will be news, research/policy articles, bills, and ideas that our team is following in support of and aligned to our vision at Student Parent Joy.
SB521 CalWORKs: Pregnancy- or parenting-related accommodations
Our team is following SB 521, that "requires a “good cause” exemption from CalWORKs sanctions imposed on pregnant, parenting, and lactating students who are not being adequately accommodated under Title IX, and make revisions to the Cal-Learn program to allow parent teens to maintain their benefits in certain circumstances."
Bill summary LINK.
Primary Sponsor: CA Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D)
Headstart facilities on community college campuses (article from WashPost), March 14, 2023.
". . . partnership announced this week between the National Head Start Association and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) to put more Head Start facilities on community college campuses . . . " To learn more, read the Washington Post article posted on March 14, 2023 (written by the Editorial Board).