CA AB743

Exempts education, training, vocation, or rehabilitation benefits provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to active duty personnel, veterans, and their dependents or spouses from being considered as income or property when determining CalWORKs eligibility.

Allows study time as defined by educational institutions to be counted toward a recipient's minimum work participation hours requirements, reducing the need for concurrent work activities.

Requires private postsecondary training providers and private colleges to be approved or exempted by appropriate state regulatory agencies and comply with all applicable laws in order to be approved for CalWORKs purposes.

Requires the State Department of Social Services to implement the bill through all-county letters by July 1, 2016, with formal regulations to be adopted by July 1, 2017.

Provides that the state's continuous appropriation for CalWORKs will not apply to costs of implementing this bill, and establishes procedures for reimbursement if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill imposes state-mandated local costs.