Maryland Code, EDUCATION 7-449
Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 7-449
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, each county board shall ensure that each public school provide, at no charge to students, menstrual hygiene products via dispensers in the women’s restrooms at the school.
(c) (1) A public middle or high school shall install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in:
(i) At least two women’s restrooms on or before October 1, 2022; and
(ii) On or before August 1, 2025, all women’s restrooms.
(2) A public elementary school shall install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in at least one restroom on or before October 1, 2022.
(d) (1) The State shall reimburse a county board for the costs of purchasing and installing menstrual hygiene product dispensers to comply with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section.
(2) Each county board shall submit to the Department a request for reimbursement for the costs of purchasing and installing menstrual hygiene product dispensers to comply with the requirements of:
(i) Subsection (c)(1)(i) and (2) of this section, on or before November 1, 2022; and
(ii) Subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this section, on or before September 1, 2025.
(3) For fiscal year 2023, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 to be used to reimburse each county board for the costs reported to the Department under paragraph (2) of this subsection.