An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program; and making an appropriation.

PRINTER'S NO. 1177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1101
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PARKER, HILL-EVANS, HANBIDGE, HOWARD, McNEILL,
MADDEN, SCHLOSSBERG, ISAACSON, KINKEAD, KHAN, SANCHEZ,
PROBST, HOHENSTEIN, DEASY, KENYATTA, OTTEN, RABB, MAYES,
BOYD, CURRY, CERRATO, DONAHUE, RIVERA, O'MARA, PASHINSKI,
BOROWSKI, WAXMAN, HARKINS, SHUSTERMAN, GIRAL, VENKAT, BURGOS,
T. DAVIS, YOUNG, STEELE AND GUENST, MARCH 31, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 31, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school health services, providing
for Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program;
and making an appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 1426. Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant
Program.--(a) The Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility
Grant Program is established in the department.
(b) The department shall implement and administer the
program. The department, in consultation with the Department of
Health, shall develop a grant application form for eligible
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public school entities that seek a grant under the program. At a
minimum, the form shall contain the following information:
(1) The number of students enrolled at the eligible public
school entity .
(2) The number of restrooms accessible to students on the
property of the eligible public school entity.
(c) A public school entity shall be eligible to receive a
grant under the program if the public school entity has twenty-
five percent (25%) or more students enrolled in free or reduced-
cost lunch under 42 U.S.C. Ch. 13 (relating to school lunch
programs).
(d) After review of the information provided in each
eligible public school entity's submitted application, the
department shall award money from the program to the eligible
public school entity and, if so, the amount of the program money
awarded to each eligible entity. Grants shall be awarded in an
amount that is proportionate to the number of students and
restrooms specified in the eligible public school entity's
application .
(e) A grant recipient shall:
(1) Use the grant award to acquire and distribute menstrual
hygiene products at no expense to students, including installing
and maintaining a dispensing machine or disposal receptacle for
menstrual hygiene products.
(2) E nsure that menstrual hygiene products are accessible to
students .
(f) The following shall apply:
(1) Within one year of being awarded a grant, each grant
recipient shall report to the department the amount of money
spent on the acquisition and distribution of menstrual hygiene
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products and the amount of money spent on the installation and
maintenance of a dispensing machine or disposal receptacle for
menstrual hygiene products.
(2) By March 31 of each year, the department shall submit a
summarized report from new information received under paragraph
(1) since the previous report to the Education Committee of the
Senate, the Education Committee of the House of Representatives,
the Health and Human Services Committee of the Senate and the
Health Committee of the House of Representatives.
(g) The department, in consultation with the Department of
Health, may issue guidance necessary to implement the program.
(h) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department" means the Department of Education of the
Commonwealth.
"Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons, sanitary napkins
or pads, pantyliners and similar menstrual hygiene products.
"Program" means the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility
Grant Program established under subsection (a).
"Public school entity" means a school district, charter
school, regional charter school, intermediate unit or area
career and technical school operating within this Commonwealth.
Section 2. The General Assembly shall appropriate money from
the General Fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal
year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, for the purposes of funding
the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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