HB95
Log in to followAN ACT relating to the provision of menstrual products in schools, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each public school that includes any of grades 6 through 12 to provide free menstrual products to students; require each local board of education to adopt policies for the distribution of free menstrual products; define "menstrual products"; appropriate to the Learning and Results Services budget unit with the Department of Education $2,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2026-2028 fiscal biennium to provide menstrual products to students; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Introduced: January 7, 2026
Last action: January 14, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill would require Kentucky public schools serving grades 6 through 12 to provide free menstrual products to students. Local school boards would be required to create policies for how these products are distributed. The bill sets aside $2 million per year from the state education budget for the 2026-2028 period to cover these costs. Who it may affect: students in grades 6 through 12 at Kentucky public schools, and local school boards responsible for carrying out the distribution policies.
