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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
510-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63)
7    Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual feminine hygiene 
8products.
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" 
23means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with 
 
 
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1the menstrual cycle.
2    "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or 
3leased by a school district or over which the school board has 
4care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public 
5school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
6    (c)  A school district shall make menstrual feminine 
7hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in 
8bathrooms of every school building that are open for student 
9use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day the 
10bathrooms of school buildings. 

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 
14products.
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" 
4means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with 
5the menstrual cycle. 
6    "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or 
7leased by the school district or over which the board has care, 
8custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school 
9serving students in grades 6 through 12.
10    (c)  The school district shall make menstrual feminine 
11hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in 
12bathrooms of every school building that are open for student 
13use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day the 
14bathrooms of school buildings. 

15(Source: P.A. 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.