AB 224 — Provides for access to menstrual products in certain public schools. (BDR 34-767)

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224224–Assemblymen ASSEMBLYDuran, BILLTitus, NO.Marzola, Torres, González;

224–AAnderson, SSEMBLYMENBrown-May, DURANConsidine, ,Flores, TITUS,Gorelow, MJauregui, ARZOLAKrasner, ,Leavitt, ORRES,Martinez, GONZÁLEZC.H. ;

NDERSONMiller, ,Monroe-Moreno, BROWNNguyen, -MAYOrentlicher, ,Peters, CONSIDINE,Roberts, FThomas, LORES,Tolles Gand ORELOWWatts ,CHAPTER.......... JAUREGUI, K RASNER , LEAVITT, M ARTINEZ, C.H.

M ILLER, MONROE -M ORENO , NGUYEN , O RENTLICHER , PETERS, R OBERTS, T HOMAS , TOLLES AND W ATTS MARCH 10, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Provides for access to menstrual products in certain public schools.

(BDR 34-767) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

(OTREQUESTED AFFECTELOCAGOVERNMEN) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

directing the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning access to menstrual products in middle schools, junior high schools and high schools;

- *AB224_R1* – 2 – Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing bodies of certain charter schools in this State to prepare an annual report of accountability.

(NRS 385A.070) Section 1 of this bill requires the report to highinclude schoolinformation andon highaccess school in the school district and certain charter schools.or Section 3 of this bill requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing bodies of certain charter schools to ensure that menstrual products are provided at no cost to pupils in the bathrooms of each middle school, junior high school and high school in the school district orand certain charter schoolschools. operating as such a school.

Section 3 alsoof this bill requires the board of trustees of each school district and the menstrualprovided products.at no cost to pupils in the bathrooms of each middle school, junior high school and high school in the school district or charter school operating as such a school.

Section 3 also requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing bodies of certain charter schools to develop a plan to address access to menstrual products.

Finally, section 3 requires the board of trustees or governing body to submit a report on the plan to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the on the Legislature in each odd-numbered year.

Section 3.3 of this bill requires 25 percent of thecertain middle schools, junior high schools and high schools in each school district and 25 percent of thecertain charter schools with the same sponsor that operate as a middle school, junior high school or high school to provide menstrual products at no cost to pupils in a certain numberornumber of restrooms.

Section- 3.781st ofSession this(2021) bill– directs2 the– LegislativeEXPLANATION Commission– toMatter appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning the effects of section 3.3 and access to menstrual products in middlebolded schools,italics junioris highnew; schools and high schools in this State.

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

The board of trustees of each school district in this State, in cooperation with associations recognized by the State Board as representing licensed educational personnel in the district, shall adopt a program providing for the accountability of the school district to the residents of the district and to the State Board for the quality of the schools and the educational achievement of the pupils in the district, including, without limitation, pupils enrolled in charter schools sponsored by the school district.

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The Department shall use the mechanism approved by the United States Department of Education for the statewide system of accountability for public schools for determining the minimum number of pupils that must be in a group for that group to yield statistically reliable information.

The State Public Charter School Authority and each college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education that sponsors- a81st charterSession school(2021) shall,– on3 or– before December 31 of each year, prepare for the immediately preceding school year an annual report of accountability of the charter schools sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority or institution, as applicable, concerning the accountability information prescribed by the Department pursuant to this section.

The Department, in consultation with the State Public Charter School Authority and each college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education that sponsors a charter school, shall prescribe by regulation the information that must be prepared by the State Public Charter School Authority and institution, as applicable, which must include, without limitation, the information contained in subsection 2 and NRS 385A.070 to 385A.320, inclusive, and section 1 of this act as applicable to charter schools.

4.section must be presented in an understandable and uniform formatis and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that parents can understand.

The annual report of accountability prepared pursuant to this section must be presented in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that parents can understand.

The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school that operates as a middle school, junior high school or high school shall ensure that menstrual products are provided at no cost to pupils in the - *AB224_R1* – 4 – bathrooms of each middle school, junior high school and high school in the school district or charter school.

The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school that operates as middle school, junior high school or high school shall develop a plan to address the lack of access to menstrual products due to affordabilityThe andboard toof providetrustees equalor accessgoverning tobody menstrualshall products.review the plan each year.

The board of trustees or governing body shall review the plan each year.

- 81st Session (2021) – 4 – (e) Outline how the school district or charter school will ensure access to menstrual products regardless of affordability and destigmatize the need for menstrual products;

and (f) Outline any curriculum a school in the school district or a charterproducts.chool school may provide regarding access to menstrual products.3.

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On or before January 1, 2022, at least the 25 percent of the middle schools, junior high schools and high schools in each school district and the 25 percent of the charter schools with the same sponsor that operate as a middle school, junior high school or high school,school that, in the immediately preceding 3 consecutive years, had the highest percentage of pupils who receive free and reduced- schools with the same sponsor shall provide:provide:istrict or the charter 1.

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1.(Deleted by amendment.) Sec.

The Legislative Commission shall appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning access to menstrual products in middle schools, junior high schools and high schools in this State and the effect of the provisions of section 3.3 of this act on such access.