CA SB521

Adds denial of reasonable accommodations for pregnant or parenting students in violation of Title IX as a valid reason to excuse CalWORKs recipients from welfare-to-work participation requirements.

Prohibits sanctions for recipients who require pregnancy- or parenting-related accommodations under Title IX or California Education Code sections 66252, 66271.9, or 66281.7 and have not received adequate accommodations.

Revises Cal-Learn Program to exempt teens facing destabilizing family crises including homelessness, domestic violence, or untreated mental health needs, with exemptions subject to annual redetermination.

Eliminates $100 sanctions for Cal-Learn Program noncompliance and replaces them with $100 supplements (up to four times yearly) for satisfactory progress and $500 supplements for high school completion.

Excludes all months of Cal-Learn Program participation and intensive case management services after age 19 from counting toward the cumulative 48-month CalWORKs aid time limit.