HB50 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rolanda HollisRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Schools, K-12, local boards of education required to provide feminine hygiene products in women's restrooms of certain schools, no cost to students

Summary

HB50 creates a state grant program to provide no-cost feminine hygiene products to eligible public school students in grades 5–12 and requires them to be available in women's restrooms.

What This Bill Does

It creates a grant program administered by the State Department of Education to fund feminine hygiene products for students in qualifying public schools (grades 5–12, Title I). Grants are awarded to local boards on a pro rata basis based on the number of female students in those grades. The department reimburses the actual costs of products and dispensers up to each school's grant allocation. Qualifying schools must make products readily available in women's restrooms and distribute them to female students through a female counselor, nurse, or teacher chosen by the principal, at no cost. Grants begin in the 2022-2023 school year and depend on available funds; they may be funded by state appropriations or nongovernmental sources, and unspent funds stay with the department.

Who It Affects

• Female students in grades 5–12 at qualifying public schools will have no-cost access to feminine hygiene products in restrooms and via designated staff.
• Public schools that meet the criteria (grades 5–12 instruction and Title I funds) and their local boards of education will receive grants and reimbursements to provide products.

Key Provisions

• Defines feminine hygiene products as sanitary napkins and tampons.
• Defines qualifying schools as public schools offering grades 5–12 instruction that receive Title I funds.
• Creates a grant program to award funds to local boards of education to provide no-cost feminine hygiene products to students in qualifying schools.
• Grants are allocated on a pro rata basis according to the number of female students in grades 5–12.
• The department reimburses local boards for the actual cost of products and dispensers up to the grant amount.
• Products must be readily available in women's restrooms and distributed to female students in grades 5–12 by a female staff member (counselor, nurse, or teacher) chosen by the principal.
• Grants begin in the 2022–2023 school year and continue annually, contingent on fund availability; funding may come from state appropriations or nongovernmental sources; unspent funds stay with the department.

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Subjects

Schools