HI HR110

Hawaii House Resolution urges the Department of Education to strengthen menstrual health education and adopt a comprehensive curriculum for grades 5, 8, and 12 in public schools.

Curriculum should incorporate four pillars of menstrual dignity: privacy, inclusivity, access (multilingual and accessible materials), and positive education free from shame or fear.

Only 25.5 percent of state standards nationwide mention menstrual health education, and a 2022 Hawaii pilot program found only 8 percent of faculty considered existing period education adequate while 50 percent of students found it inadequate.

Elementary curriculum should include anatomically correct diagrams, age-appropriate books, and Native Hawaiian cultural perspectives; middle school should address period poverty and myths; high school should cover abnormal cycles and pain management.

Department of Education must submit a progress report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the Regular Session of 2027.