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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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| | SB2874 | | LRB103 37856 RJT 67986 b |
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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, |
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:
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6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63) |
7 | | Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual hygiene products. |
8 | | (a) The General Assembly finds the following: |
9 | | (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care |
10 | | necessity and not an item that can be foregone or |
11 | | substituted easily. |
12 | | (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious |
13 | | and ongoing need in this State. |
14 | | (3) When students do not have access to affordable |
15 | | menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of |
16 | | school every month. |
17 | | (4) When students have access to quality menstrual |
18 | | hygiene products, they are able to continue with their |
19 | | daily lives with minimal interruption. |
20 | | (b) In this Section: |
21 | | "Menstrual 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 |