The California State Legislature has implemented the following:

Assembly Bill 367, the Menstrual Equity for All Act, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Oct. 8, 2021, requires free menstrual products in bathrooms in all California public schools, community colleges, and California State University campuses starting in the 2022-2023 school year.

As a result of this legislation, CNUSD students will soon find restrooms stocked with pads and tampons, free-of-cost.

All Corona-Norco Unified School District (CNUSD) schools, from elementary to high school, will have free menstrual products “available and accessible, free of cost, in all women’s restrooms and all-gender restrooms, and in at least one men’s restroom, at all times.”

An estimated 16.9 million people experience period poverty in the United States. One in four women and girls reported struggling to afford menstrual products.

Although tampons and pads are available in the nurse’s office free-of-charge, having the same resources in bathrooms provides an easily accessible resource that alleviates the chance of embarrassment or shame that girls may feel when having to ask an adult.

With a more discreet method to accessing menstrual products, fewer students will have to miss school. Data shows that “one in five American girls miss all or part of the school day due to their periods.”

The Menstrual Equity Act will also provide easily-accessible menstrual products to people who simply forget to bring pads or tampons to school.

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Corona-Norco Unified School District

Assembly Bill 367 Update