Ohio becomes latest state to offer free feminine hygiene products at school

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Ohio girls in grades six through 12 will get free feminine hygiene products at school, thanks to a provision in the recently enacted two-year state budget.

A girls bathroom at School 34 in Jersey City on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey JournalCOLUMBUS, Ohio –

The budget sends $5 million to schools over the next two years to purchase sanitary pads, tampons and other menstruation products. The provision was bipartisan, and inserted into the Ohio budget as a Senate amendment backed by state Sens. Nickie Antonio, a Lakewood Democrat and Senate minority leader, and Stephanie Kunze, a Columbus-area Republican.

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