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4th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 226

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AMENDMENT ACT (PROVISION OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS)


  Bilingual version (PDF) Explanatory Note

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. P250 amended

1

The Public Schools Act is amended by this Act.

2

The following is added after clause 41(1)(n):

(n.1) arrange for the free provision and distribution of tampons, sanitary napkins, menstrual cups and other similar menstrual hygiene products to pupils;

Coming into force

3

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

The Bill amends The Public Schools Act to require menstrual hygiene products to be available free of charge to pupils.