California and Illinois must provide students free feminine hygiene products

More girls will have access to free pads and tampons in 2018, thanks to laws passed in California and Illinois last year. In California, some public schools must provide feminine hygiene products in at least half the bathrooms on campus — and give them out for free. The law covers schools with any combination of classes from grade 6 to grade 12, with at least 40 percent of the student population coming from low-income families.
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