Menstrual Products Access Policy

Nevada Revised Statues (NRS) 386.900 notes the following:

1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school that operates as a middle school, junior high school or high school shall ensure that menstrual products are provided at no cost to pupils in the bathrooms of each middle school, junior high school and high school in the school district or charter school.

2. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school that operates as a middle school, junior high school or high school shall develop a plan to address the lack of access to menstrual products due to affordability and to provide equal access to menstrual products. The board of trustees or governing body shall review the plan each year. The plan must, without limitation:

(a) Evaluate the access to and quality of menstrual products in the middle schools, junior high schools and high schools in the school district or charter school.

(b) Include a method to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan.

(c) Be evidence-based.

(d) Be solution oriented.

(e) Outline how the school district or charter school will ensure access to menstrual products regardless of affordability and destigmatize the need for menstrual products; and

(f) Outline any curriculum a school in the school district or a charter school may provide regarding access to menstrual products.

3. The board of trustees of a school district or governing body of a charter school that operates as a middle school, junior high school or high school may apply for any available grants and accept any gifts, grants, or donations to implement the provisions of this section.

4. On or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school that operates as a middle school, junior high school or high school shall submit a report on the plan developed pursuant to subsection 2 to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature.

5. As used in this section, "menstrual products" includes, without limitation, sanitary napkins, tampons, or similar products used in connection with the menstrual cycle.

As a result of the passage of AB 224 (2021) Innovations International Charter School of Nevada has continued to provide quality menstrual products to students in grades 6-12 and/or other students who are in need of these products. At the secondary campus, the products are available through dispensers in the locker rooms and restrooms. Additionally, menstrual products are available in the main office. Quality products are purchased from reputable vendors required to meet specific industry standards. Any student attending the middle school or high school has access to quality menstrual products at no cost to them.

Innovations International Charter School of Nevada’s grade 6 students are currently housed on the elementary campus. While we still provide our grade six students with quality menstrual products, we do not have dispensers in the restrooms as the elementary students, grades K-5, use the restroom. Students in grades 5 & 6 have been advised during health instruction that they may obtain products needed from the health office or the main office if there is a need. Students who need products feel comfortable asking for the FASA or the office staff for required products or they may contact their parents for assistance if needed. There is no cost incurred by the students for these menstrual products.