A new CPS policy that was passed in December will be enacted next month. This will put both condoms and menstrual products in nearly all schools going forward for CPS. According to the Chicago Sun Times, “schools that teach fifth grade and up must maintain a condom availability program as part of an expanded vision of sexual health education. That means all but a dozen, which enroll only younger grades, of the more than 600 CPS schools will have condoms.”
It’s tremendous that CPS is offering menstrual products to those that need it, but what about condoms in schools? In a statement by CPS, they noted, “CPS stresses that choosing to not have sex is the norm for 5th graders. Parents/guardians should be notified by their school if a condom demonstration will be provided.”
