HB 1101 — 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
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in school health services, providing
 6      for Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program;
 7      and making an appropriation.
 8      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 9   hereby enacts as follows:
10      Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
11   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
12   section to read:
13      Section 1426.    Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant
14   Program.--(a)    The Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility
15   Grant Program is established in the department.
16      (b)   The department shall implement and administer the
17   program. The department, in consultation with the Department of
18   Health, shall develop a grant application form for eligible
 1   public school entities that seek a grant under the program. At a
 2   minimum, the form shall contain the following information:
 3      (1)   The number of students enrolled at the eligible public
 4   school entity.
 5      (2)   The number of restrooms accessible to students on the
 6   property of the eligible public school entity.
 7      (c)   A public school entity shall be eligible to receive a
 8   grant under the program if the public school entity has twenty-
 9   five percent (25%) or more students enrolled in free or reduced-
10   cost lunch under 42 U.S.C. Ch. 13 (relating to school lunch
11   programs).
12      (d)   After review of the information provided in each
13   eligible public school entity's submitted application, the
14   department shall award money from the program to the eligible
15   public school entity and, if so, the amount of the program money
16   awarded to each eligible entity. Grants shall be awarded in an
17   amount that is proportionate to the number of students and
18   restrooms specified in the eligible public school entity's
19   application.
20      (e)   A grant recipient shall:
21      (1)   Use the grant award to acquire and distribute menstrual
22   hygiene products at no expense to students, including installing
23   and maintaining a dispensing machine or disposal receptacle for
24   menstrual hygiene products.
25      (2)   Ensure that menstrual hygiene products are accessible to
26   students.
27      (f)   The following shall apply:
28      (1)   Within one year of being awarded a grant, each grant
29   recipient shall report to the department the amount of money
30   spent on the acquisition and distribution of menstrual hygiene

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 1   products and the amount of money spent on the installation and
 2   maintenance of a dispensing machine or disposal receptacle for
 3   menstrual hygiene products.
 4      (2)   By March 31 of each year, the department shall submit a
 5   summarized report from new information received under paragraph
 6   (1) since the previous report to the Education Committee of the
 7   Senate, the Education Committee of the House of Representatives,
 8   the Health and Human Services Committee of the Senate and the
 9   Health Committee of the House of Representatives.
10      (g)   The department, in consultation with the Department of
11   Health, may issue guidance necessary to implement the program.
12      (h)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
13   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
14   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
15      "Department" means the Department of Education of the
16   Commonwealth.
17      "Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons, sanitary napkins
18   or pads, pantyliners and similar menstrual hygiene products.
19      "Program" means the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility
20   Grant Program established under subsection (a).
21      "Public school entity" means a school district, charter
22   school, regional charter school, intermediate unit or area
23   career and technical school operating within this Commonwealth.
24      Section 2.   The General Assembly shall appropriate money from
25   the General Fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal
26   year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, for the purposes of funding
27   the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program.
28      Section 3.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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