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Board tables facilities-inspection policy after debate over stocking menstrual products in boys' restrooms
Summary
Trustees declined to adopt an updated facilities-inspection regulation that included language about stocking menstrual products in one boys' restroom and instead voted to table the item for further discussion after at least one opposed vote.
A second-read administrative regulation (AR 3517) updating facilities inspection procedures and related exhibits faced objections from at least one trustee and did not pass; the board then voted to table the item for further discussion.
During the presentation, a trustee asked for details about funding and logistics for the regulation's provision to stock menstrual products in a boys' restroom on each campus for grades 3'12. Staff said the requirement is state-mandated and that supplies would come from routine maintenance budgets, with possible mandated-cost reimbursement from the state.
A trustee expressed concern that the products could be misused if placed in boys' restrooms and asked about restocking schedules. Staff replied that custodial staff would check and restock during routine supply tasks and offered to provide a custodial schedule on request.
When the board called for a vote on adopting the administrative regulations, at least one trustee opposed and the motion failed. The board then approved a separate motion to table the item for additional discussion and to return with clarifying logistics and cost information.
The board did not adopt the regulation at this meeting; staff will return with additional details for a future meeting.
