NJ S2685

Requires New Jersey school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction on menstrual health and hygiene for students in grades 4 through 12 as part of Comprehensive Health and Physical Education standards.

Instruction must cover proper use of menstrual hygiene products (pads, tampons, cups) and potential complications including Toxic Shock Syndrome.

Schools must teach about menstrual disorders such as dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, menorrhagia, and polycystic ovary syndrome, including their symptoms and effects on fertility, pregnancy, and overall health.

Curriculum must address "period poverty"—defined as lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, toilets, hand-washing facilities, and waste management—and its short and long-term effects.

Parents and guardians must receive notification detailing instruction topics before any menstrual health and hygiene unit begins, with the law taking effect the first full school year following enactment.