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This bill creates new provisions to support lactating students in public and charter schools by mandating reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding and breast milk expression. Specifically, schools must allow students to bring breast pumps and related equipment to school, provide a private, secure room (not a restroom) for expressing breast milk or breastfeeding, offer access to a power source for pumping equipment, ensure a safe storage location for breast milk (such as a refrigerator or cooler in a nurse's office or teachers' lounge), and provide a place to clean pumping equipment. The bill also requires schools to give lactating students a reasonable amount of time to express breast milk during the school day and explicitly prohibits academic penalties for students using these accommodations. These provisions aim to support young parents in continuing their education while meeting their infant feeding needs, recognizing the importance of breastfeeding and the challenges faced by student parents.

Education

https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=265