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Period equity expands in Texas as Austin schools provide free pads and tampons

The school district joins a national movement to provide access to period supplies.

Bellaire High School senior Zoe Kass demonstrates how students can reach her menstrual product baskets in the high school in Houston, on April 28, 2022.
Snow White, mother of a sixth grader and an Austin Ed Fund board member, started pushing for free period products at all Austin ISD campuses during the pandemic.

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