SPONSOR: Brown (70)
This bill requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a model policy, by January 1, 2021 relating to accommodations for breastfeeding. Public school districts must adopt a written policy by July 1, 2021.
The policy must include provisions to provide accommodations to lactating employees, teachers, and students to express, or breast- feed for each public school building within the district for at least a year after the birth of a child. Accommodations must meet requirements as specified in bill and districts must provide a minimum of three opportunities during a school day to express or breast-feed.
This bill is the same as HB 1490 (2020).
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