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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
| 5 | 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual feminine hygiene | ||||||
| 8 | products. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The General Assembly finds the following: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) Menstrual Feminine hygiene products are a health | ||||||
| 11 | care necessity and not an item that can be foregone or | ||||||
| 12 | substituted easily. | ||||||
| 13 | (2) Access to menstrual feminine hygiene products is a | ||||||
| 14 | serious and ongoing need in this State. | ||||||
| 15 | (3) When students do not have access to affordable | ||||||
| 16 | menstrual feminine hygiene products, they may miss | ||||||
| 17 | multiple days of school every month. | ||||||
| 18 | (4) When students have access to quality menstrual | ||||||
| 19 | feminine hygiene products, they are able to continue with | ||||||
| 20 | their daily lives with minimal interruption. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) In this Section: | ||||||
| 22 | "Menstrual hygiene products" "Feminine hygiene products" | ||||||
| 23 | means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with | ||||||
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| 1 | the menstrual cycle. | ||||||
| 2 | "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or | ||||||
| 3 | leased by a school district or over which the school board has | ||||||
| 4 | care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public | ||||||
| 5 | school serving students in grades 6 through 12. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) A school district shall make menstrual feminine | ||||||
| 7 | hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in | ||||||
| 8 | bathrooms of every school building that are open for student | ||||||
| 9 | use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day the | ||||||
| 10 | bathrooms of school buildings.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.) | ||||||
| 12 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.56) | ||||||
| 13 | Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of menstrual feminine hygiene | ||||||
| 14 | products. | ||||||
| 15 | (a) The General Assembly finds the following: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) Menstrual Feminine hygiene products are a health | ||||||
| 17 | care necessity and not an item that can be foregone or | ||||||
| 18 | substituted easily. | ||||||
| 19 | (2) Access to menstrual feminine hygiene products is a | ||||||
| 20 | serious and ongoing need in this State. | ||||||
| 21 | (3) When students do not have access to affordable | ||||||
| 22 | menstrual feminine hygiene products, they may miss | ||||||
| 23 | multiple days of school every month. | ||||||
| 24 | (4) When students have access to quality menstrual | ||||||
| 25 | feminine hygiene products, they are able to continue with | ||||||
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| 1 | their daily lives with minimal interruption. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) In this Section: | ||||||
| 3 | "Menstrual hygiene products" "Feminine hygiene products" | ||||||
| 4 | means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with | ||||||
| 5 | the menstrual cycle. | ||||||
| 6 | "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or | ||||||
| 7 | leased by the school district or over which the board has care, | ||||||
| 8 | custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school | ||||||
| 9 | serving students in grades 6 through 12. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) The school district shall make menstrual feminine | ||||||
| 11 | hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in | ||||||
| 12 | bathrooms of every school building that are open for student | ||||||
| 13 | use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day the | ||||||
| 14 | bathrooms of school buildings.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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