A. As used in this section, “menstrual supplies” means tampons or pads for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-6.1

  • Elementary: includes kindergarten. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Middle school: means separate schools for early adolescents and the middle school grades that might be housed at elementary or high schools. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • School board: means the school board that governs a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1

B. Each school board shall make menstrual supplies available, at all times and at no cost to students, in such accessible locations as it deems appropriate in each elementary school in the local school division.

C. Each school board shall make menstrual supplies available, at all times and at no cost to students, in the bathrooms of each middle school and high school in the local school division.

2020, cc. 675, 676.