CA AB1691

Designates English as a second language (ESL) education as a core welfare-to-work activity under the CalWORKs program, requiring adult recipients to participate in it for at least 20 hours per week

Limits ESL education as a core activity to a total of 8 months, with county option to extend to 12 months on a case-by-case basis

Allows recipients to continue participating in ESL education as a non-core activity after exhausting the core activity period

Maintains existing requirements for adult recipients to participate in 32 hours of weekly welfare-to-work activities (one-parent units) or 35 hours (two-parent units)