Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2874 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2874 Introduced 1/24/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 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. LRB103 37856 RJT 67986 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2874 Introduced 1/24/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 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. LRB103 37856 RJT 67986 b LRB103 37856 RJT 67986 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2874 Introduced 1/24/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56
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6	6	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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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning education.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
16	16	5 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 as follows:
17	17	6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.63)
18	18	7 Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual hygiene products.
19	19	8 (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
20	20	9 (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care
21	21	10 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
22	22	11 substituted easily.
23	23	12 (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious
24	24	13 and ongoing need in this State.
25	25	14 (3) When students do not have access to affordable
26	26	15 menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
27	27	16 school every month.
28	28	17 (4) When students have access to quality menstrual
29	29	18 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
30	30	19 daily lives with minimal interruption.
31	31	20 (b) In this Section:
32	32	21 "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
33	33	22 napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
34	34	23 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or
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38	38	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2874 Introduced 1/24/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	105 ILCS 5/10-20.63105 ILCS 5/34-18.56 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 105 ILCS 5/34-18.56
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41	41	105 ILCS 5/34-18.56
42	42	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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71	71	1 leased by a school district or over which the school board has
72	72	2 care, custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public
73	73	3 school serving students in grades 6 through 12.
74	74	4 (c) A school district may shall make menstrual hygiene
75	75	5 products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of
76	76	6 every school building that are open for student use in grades 4
77	77	7 through 12 during the regular school day.
78	78	8 (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)
79	79	9 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.56)
80	80	10 Sec. 34-18.56. Availability of menstrual hygiene products.
81	81	11 (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
82	82	12 (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care
83	83	13 necessity and not an item that can be foregone or
84	84	14 substituted easily.
85	85	15 (2) Access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious
86	86	16 and ongoing need in this State.
87	87	17 (3) When students do not have access to affordable
88	88	18 menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of
89	89	19 school every month.
90	90	20 (4) When students have access to quality menstrual
91	91	21 hygiene products, they are able to continue with their
92	92	22 daily lives with minimal interruption.
93	93	23 (b) In this Section:
94	94	24 "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
95	95	25 napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
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106	106	1 "School building" means any facility (i) that is owned or
107	107	2 leased by the school district or over which the board has care,
108	108	3 custody, and control and (ii) in which there is a public school
109	109	4 serving students in grades 6 through 12.
110	110	5 (c) The school district may shall make menstrual hygiene
111	111	6 products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of
112	112	7 every school building that are open for student use in grades 4
113	113	8 through 12 during the regular school day.
114	114	9 (Source: P.A. 102-340, eff. 8-13-21.)
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