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State Board authorizes menstrual-product pilot but limits placement to female restrooms and health offices after heated debate
Summary
The Nebraska State Board of Education voted 5–3 on June 6 to authorize a pilot to provide menstrual products in schools, adopting an amendment that limits placement to female restrooms, locker rooms and health/nurse offices after extended debate over definitions and local control.
The Nebraska State Board of Education on June 6 approved a pilot program to supply menstrual products in schools, but only after members adopted an amendment restricting where those supplies may be placed.
The board voted 5–3 to authorize the commissioner to contract for the menstrual-product pilot program as amended to require that "menstrual products will be placed only in female restrooms and locker rooms and health and nurse offices." The final roll call showed votes in favor from Kristen Christensen, Deborah Neri, Elizabeth Tegmeier, Mary (Renner), and Maggie Douglas; Sherry Jones, Lisa Schonhoff and Kirk Penner voted no.
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