SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California public schools and colleges must stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under a new law.
The measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom builds on a 2017 law requiring low-income schools in disadvantaged areas to provide students with free menstrual products. It expands the law to include grades 6 to 12, community colleges and the California State University and University of California systems, starting in the 2022-23 school year.
The state also previously repealed a tax on menstrual products that cost women an estimated aggregate $20 million a year.
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