Hawaiʻi will provide free period products in all public schools
Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 2821 into law Monday, making Hawaiʻi the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students.
Senate panel OKs bill to bring menstrual equity in Hawaii public schools
Hawaii would become the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students, under Senate Bill 2821, which the state Senate Education Committee unanimously approved Friday.
NEA RA approves HSTA delegate’s ‘period poverty’ proposal
Delegates to the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly (NEA RA) Thursday overwhelmingly approved a proposal authored by a Hawaii teacher that directs the NEA to raise awareness about public school students’ lack of access to menstrual supplies.
2021 S.T.A.C.Y. Award winner Sarah Milianta-Laffin leads by example
Our 2021 recipient, Ilima Intermediate teacher Sarah “Mili” Milianta-Laffin, clearly demonstrates each of the five criteria of the S.T.A.C.Y. Award: scholarship, teaching, advocacy, community, and youth.