89R9178 CMO-D
By: Johnson S.B. No. 2374
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a grant program for the provision
of menstrual products at public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.038. AVAILABILITY OF MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS: GRANT
PROGRAM. (a) In this section:
(1) "Eligible school district" means a school district
in which a qualifying campus is located.
(2) "Menstrual products" means tampons and sanitary
napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
(3) "Qualifying campus" means a school district campus
that:
(A) offers a course of instruction for students
in one or more grades from grade 5 through grade 12; and
(B) receives federal funding under Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section
6301 et seq.).
(b) The commissioner shall establish and administer a
program to award grants to eligible school districts to provide
menstrual products to female students enrolled at a qualifying
campus.
(c) Only an eligible school district may apply for and
receive a grant under this section.
(d) Not later than September 1 of each year, the
commissioner shall:
(1) certify the total amount of funding available to
be awarded under the program for that school year; and
(2) from funds appropriated for that purpose, award
grants to eligible school districts proportionately based on the
total number of female students enrolled in grade 5 through grade 12
at each qualifying campus located in the eligible district.
(e) An eligible school district that receives a grant under
this section shall make menstrual products available free of charge
at each qualifying campus in the district through a female school
counselor, female nurse, or female classroom teacher selected by
the principal of the qualifying campus.
(f) The legislature may appropriate money, and the
commissioner may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations
from any public or private source, for the purpose of providing
grants under the program.
(g) The commissioner shall adopt rules and procedures to
administer the program established under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.