Make free period care part of the school restroom standard.

Public schools serving grades 3–12; products in all women’s and all-gender restrooms and at least one men’s restroom.

State-mandated local program / reimbursement framework

Applicable grades 6–12 restrooms, phased to full coverage by June 30, 2028; K–6 schools may use a health or main office.

Partial annual state support and qualifying-school grants

Public schools serving grades 3–12 must provide free products in student-accessible restrooms.

State implementation support has been provided

Public and charter schools serving grades 6–12 must cover at least half of applicable restrooms; later legislation expanded access to schools serving grades 4–5.

Confirm current-year procurement funding

All public school and public charter campuses must provide products free to students.

State appropriation initiated for implementation

Products must be free in each student-use bathroom in buildings serving grades 4–12.

Ongoing costs generally handled locally

Every public school must provide free products through women’s-restroom dispensers, with minimum dispenser counts by school level.

Initial dispenser installation funding was provided

District and charter schools must provide products in restrooms regularly used by menstruating students in grades 4–12.

Education operating-capital aid

Public and charter middle, junior high, and high schools must provide free products in restrooms.

Confirm local funding treatment

Public middle and high schools must provide products free in female and gender-neutral bathrooms.

Ongoing costs generally handled locally

Public schools serving grades 6–12 must provide direct access in at least 50% of female and gender-neutral bathrooms.

State bears adequate product cost

Middle and high schools cover all women’s and gender-neutral bathrooms plus at least one men’s; elementary schools have minimum restroom coverage.

State funded

Public and nonpublic schools serving grades 6–12 must provide free products in restrooms; New York City separately covers public schools with grades 4 and above.

Confirm current state and local aid

District, public, and chartered nonpublic schools enrolling girls in grades 6–12 must provide free products in a school-selected location.

Initial state dispenser and product fund

Every public school building must provide tampons and pads through dispensers in at least two student bathrooms.

State implementation framework and guidance

Public schools serving grades 5–12 must provide free products in female and gender-neutral bathrooms.

Ongoing costs generally handled locally

Public and charter elementary, middle, junior, and high schools must provide products in each female and unisex restroom.

District operations and maintenance budgets

Public schools must provide products for students age 8 and older in female-designated and gender-neutral restrooms.

Schools bear the cost

All public elementary, middle, and high schools; bathrooms in middle and high schools and locally appropriate accessible locations in elementary schools.

Ongoing costs generally handled locally

Covered public, charter, state-tribal compact, and private schools serving grades 6–12 must stock female and gender-neutral bathrooms plus at least one male bathroom.

Confirm funding by school type

Public and private schools must provide products, with restroom coverage rules that differ for elementary and middle/high schools.

Local education budgets