PRINTER'SH0851B3070A04541 NES:CDM 05/22/24 #90 A04541 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO.

827851 THESponsor: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.

851REPRESENTATIVE 2023HEFFLEY INTRODUCEDPrinter's BYNo. PARKER, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, HOHENSTEIN, DALEY, BOROWSKI, MAYES, BULLOCK, PROBST, ISAACSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SHUSTERMAN, STEELE, T.

DAVIS,3070 KINSEY,Amend GUENST,Bill, CONKLIN,page CIRESI,1, SANCHEZ,lines MALAGARI,5 SCHLOSSBERG,through BURGOS,7, KHAN,by D.striking out "in school health services, providing" in line 5 and all of lines 6 and 7 and inserting in school finances, providing for additional property tax reduction allocation.

WILLIAMS,Amend HANBIDGEBill, ANDpage INNAMORATO,1, APRILlines 10,13 2023through REFERRED17; TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 10, 2023 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 schools;

amending,pages revising,2 consolidating and changing3, thelines laws1 relatingthrough thereto,"30; in school health services, providing for Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program;

andpage making4, anlines appropriation.1 through 19;

Theby Generalstriking Assemblyout all of thesaid Commonwealthlines ofon Pennsylvaniasaid herebypages enactsand asinserting follows:Section 618.

SectionAdditional 1.Property Tax Reduction Allocation.-- (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for calendar year 2024, a school district shall receive an allocation equal to the total number of farmstead properties plus the total number of homestead properties in the school district multiplied by one thousand dollars ($1,000).

The(b) actA ofschool Marchdistrict 10,shall 1949use (P.L.30,the No.14),allocation knownunder assubsection the(a) Publicto Schoolprovide Codean ofadditional 1949,exclusion isequal amendedto byfifty adding(50) aper sectioncentum of the real estate tax due to read:the school district for each farmstead property and homestead property in the school district, or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is less.

Section(c) 1426.Prior to the allocation of funds under subsection (a), a school district shall submit a report to the Department of Education with the total number of farmstead properties and homestead properties in the school district and the total amount of real estate taxes to be reduced.

MenstrualThe HygieneDepartment Productsof AccessibilityEducation Grantshall Program.--(a)certify Thethe Menstrualtotal Hygienenumber Productsof Accessibilityall Grantfarmstead Programproperties isand established.all homestead properties reported and the total amount of real estate taxes to be reduced, by school district, and transmit a copy of the certification to the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

(b)(d) AThe grantGeneral recipientAssembly shall:shall appropriate money from the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund to the Department of Education for the amount certified under subsection (c) for the purpose of 2024/90NES/HB0851A04541 - 1 - making allocations under subsection (a).

(1)Amend UseBill, thepage grant4, awardline to20, acquireby andstriking distributeout menstrual"3" hygiene products at no expense to students, including installing and maintaininginserting a2 dispensing2024/90NES/HB0851A04541 machine- or2 disposal- receptacle for menstrual hygiene products.

(2) Ensure that menstrual hygiene products are accessible to a student regardless of the student's gender identity.

(c) A public school entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under the program if the public school entity has fifty percent or more students enrolled who are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch under 42 U.S.C.

Ch.

13 (relating to school lunch programs).

(d) The department shall develop annual grant application forms for eligible public school entities that seek a grant under the program.

At a minimum, the forms shall contain the following information:

(1) The number of students enrolled at the eligible public school entity.

(2) The number of restrooms, including gender-neutral restrooms, on the property of the eligible public school entity.

(e) The following shall apply:

(1) The department shall implement and administer the program and award grants to eligible public school entities that apply in an amount that is proportionate to the number of students and restrooms as provided in the eligible public school entity's application.

(2) The department may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the program.

(f) After review of the information provided in each eligible public school entity's submitted application form, the department shall determine whether to award money from the program to the eligible public school entity and, if so, the amount of the program money awarded.

(g) The following shall apply:

20230HB0851PN0827 - 2 - (1) Within one year of being awarded a grant, each eligible public school entity that received a grant shall submit a report to the department.

The report shall include information concerning the amount of money spent on the acquisition and distribution of menstrual hygiene products and the amount of money spent on the installation and maintenance of a dispensing machine or disposal receptacle for menstrual hygiene products.

(2) Within one year of receiving reports from eligible public school entities that received a grant, the department shall submit a summarized report of the information received under paragraph (1) to the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House of Representatives.

(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.

"Program" means the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program established under subsection (a).

"Menstrual hygiene products" means tampons, sanitary napkins or pads, pantyliners and similar menstrual hygiene products.

"Public school entity" means any public school, including a school district, charter school, regional charter school, intermediate unit or area career and technical school operating within this Commonwealth.

Section 2.

The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Education for the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program.

Section 3.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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