Bill Text: IL SB2874 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin [SB2874 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2874-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2874 Introduced 1/24/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.63
105 ILCS 5/34-18.56
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
10-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.63)
Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual hygiene products.
(a) The General Assembly finds the following:
(1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care
necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
substituted easily.
(2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious
and ongoing need in this State.
(3) When students do not have access to affordable
menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
school every month.
(4) When students have access to quality menstrual
hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
daily lives with minimal interruption.
(b) In this Section:
"Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
"School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or

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leased by a school district or over which the school board has
care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public
school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
(c) A school district may shall make menstrual hygiene
products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of
every school building that are open for student use in grades 4
through 12 during the regular school day.
(Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.56)
Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of menstrual hygiene products.
(a) The General Assembly finds the following:
(1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care
necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
substituted easily.
(2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious
and ongoing need in this State.
(3) When students do not have access to affordable
menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
school every month.
(4) When students have access to quality menstrual
hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
daily lives with minimal interruption.
(b) In this Section:
"Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.

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"School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or
leased by the school district or over which the board has care,
custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school
serving students in grades 6 through 12.
(c) The school district may shall make menstrual hygiene
products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of
every school building that are open for student use in grades 4
through 12 during the regular school day.
(Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)