Overview

• Minnesota law requires free menstrual products in public schools for students from grade 4 onwards.
• The law allows school districts to decide where products are placed, without specifying boys' bathrooms.
• Districts typically provide products in girls' and gender-neutral restrooms, as well as nurses' offices.
• Critics have politicized the policy, inaccurately claiming it mandates tampons in boys' restrooms.
• Supporters argue the law addresses period poverty and promotes dignity for all menstruating students.