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Full Text of HB0922 101st General Assembly

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HB0922eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1     AN ACT concerning education.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

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 feminine hygiene products.
8     (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
9         (1) Feminine hygiene products are a health care
10     necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
11     substituted easily.
12         (2) Access to feminine hygiene products is a serious
13     and ongoing need in this State.
14         (3) When students do not have access to affordable
15     feminine hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
16     school every month.
17         (4) When students have access to quality feminine
18     hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
19     daily lives with minimal interruption.
20     (b) In this Section:
21     "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
22 napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
23     "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or

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1 leased by a school district or over which the school board has
2 care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public
3 school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
4     (c) A school district shall make feminine hygiene products
5 available, at no cost to students, in each bathroom of every
6 school building ~~the bathrooms of school buildings~~.
7 (Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

8     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.56)
9     Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of feminine hygiene products.
10     (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
11         (1) Feminine hygiene products are a health care
12     necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
13     substituted easily.
14         (2) Access to feminine hygiene products is a serious
15     and ongoing need in this State.
16         (3) When students do not have access to affordable
17     feminine hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
18     school every month.
19         (4) When students have access to quality feminine
20     hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
21     daily lives with minimal interruption.
22     (b) In this Section:
23     "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
24 napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
25     "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or

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1 leased by the school district or over which the board has care,
2 custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school
3 serving students in grades 6 through 12.
4     (c) The school district shall make feminine hygiene
5 products available, at no cost to students, in each bathroom of
6 every school building ~~the bathrooms of school buildings~~.
7 (Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.

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