The Education Department is considering whether to include access to period products in Title IX protections, which ban discrimination based on sex in schools, USA Today reported Friday.
The Education Department previously told USA Today a month ago that it was not the department’s decision on whether a federally funded school decides to provide products for periods, but the head of the department’s civil rights arm reportedly said now that it will evaluate the feedback it has received to its proposed rule from last June.
“The Department is committed to ensuring Title IX addresses the full scope of sex discrimination that occurs in schools,” Catherine Lhamon said.
Vanessa Harmoush, a spokesperson for the Education Department, told USA Today that there is no “update on timing” for when it will release its new Title IX rules.