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This bill requires public school districts and charter schools to provide free menstrual products (tampons and sanitary napkins) in restrooms of middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools starting July 1, 2026, with the state covering the costs through appropriations to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Additionally, the bill repeals previous restrictions that prohibited abortion services providers from offering human sexuality or sexually transmitted disease instruction. The legislation updates existing sexual education requirements, replacing the term "federal abstinence education" with "sexual risk avoidance" and maintaining provisions that emphasize abstinence, personal responsibility, and teaching students about topics like consent, sexual harassment, sexual violence, and internet safety. The bill also preserves existing requirements for parental notification about sexual education content and maintains parents' rights to opt their children out of such instruction. Furthermore, it removes specific language that previously banned abortion service providers from participating in sexual education programs, effectively lifting those prior prohibitions.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB429&year=2025&code=R