California to Require Free Period Products in Schools for ‘Menstrual Equity’Amy Furr10 Oct 2021
Period products will be available free inside public schools in California beginning next school year under legislation signed into law on Friday.
The Washington Post reported Sunday:
Public schools with students in grades 6 to 12, community colleges and the California State University System — a network of 23 campuses with more than 485,00 students — will be required to provide free period products in restrooms starting in the 2022-23 academic year. The legislation, named the Menstrual Equity for All Act, was introduced by Cristina Garcia (D), a member of California’s state assembly, and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
The law is the most recent move toward “menstrual equity” in America’s most populous state.
“This year it also eliminated a tax on menstrual products (also led by Garcia), which Garcia said in a statement costs Californians more than $20 million annually,” the Post article read.
Free period items are already required to be in low-income schools because of 2017 legislation introduced by Garcia, who describes herself as the “Period Princess.”
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