California Public Schools May Be Required To Stock Free Menstrual Products In Restrooms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP/CBS13) — California lawmakers approved authorities that would necessitate nationalist schools and colleges to banal their restrooms with escaped menstrual products.

The measure by Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia builds connected her 2017 instrumentality requiring low-income schools successful disadvantaged areas to supply students with escaped menstrual products. She besides prompted the authorities to repeal a taxation connected menstrual products that she said outgo women a corporate $20 cardinal a year.

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The caller legislation, which was sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom connected Thursday, expands the 2017 instrumentality to grades 6 to 12, assemblage colleges and the California State University and University of California systems, starting successful the 2022-23 schoolhouse year. It encourages backstage schools and colleges to travel suit.

There were nary registered opponents and fewer absorption votes.

“Often periods get astatine inconvenient times. They tin astonishment america during an important midterm, portion playing with our children astatine a park, sitting successful a lobby waiting to interrogation for a job, buying astatine the market store, oregon adjacent lasting connected the Assembly level presenting an important portion of legislation,” Garcia said successful a statement.

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Convenient access, she said, “would alleviate the anxiousness of trying to find a merchandise erstwhile retired successful public.”

Garcia calls herself the “period princess,” and her connection was emblazoned with a caricature drafting of her wearing a tiara and wearing a pinkish T-shirt saying, “Tampons, pads, menstrual cups and more!”

She said her measurement was inspired by Scotland, which past twelvemonth declared entree to menstrual products to beryllium a quality close and required nationalist places to supply them escaped of charge.

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Ideally, Garcia said, menstrual products would beryllium arsenic communal successful restrooms arsenic toilet insubstantial and insubstantial towels.