School Resources

The Policy Project, provides free resources to help schools and families support students both inside and outside the classroom.

Provide Period Products

In 2022, The Policy Project helped create a Utah law requiring free period products in schools.

Period Resources

Our Period Toolkit helps schools provide period products effectively while supporting healthy, stigma-free conversations about menstruation.

Why it matters

Students are better able to focus, participate, and attend school consistently when their basic health needs are supported.

What can educators do?

  • Help ensure products are consistently available in your school’s restrooms by talking with custodial staff & administrators.

  • Help school leaders understand the impact of not consistently having period products where students need them.

  • Normalize conversations about menstruation.

  • Share your thoughts about Utah’s Maturation education.

The Period Toolkit includes

  • Information about why period product access matters

  • Restroom signage and communication & awareness tools

  • Guidance for talking to students, including boys, about periods

  • Custodial and implementation resources + more

Follow this link to let us know if period products are available in your school.

Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

In 2024, The Policy Project helped to pass a law that expands child sexual abuse prevention education to all K-6 students in Utah.

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Prevention Resources

Our CSA Prevention Resources provide schools and families with information, implementation guidance, and tools to support age-appropriate prevention education and protective conversations with children.

Why it matters

Prevention education helps children recognize unsafe situations, understand boundaries, and identify trusted adults they can turn to for help.

What can educators do?

  • Tell your K-6 school leaders that you support CSA prevention education.

  • Know the signs of abuse and talk to children about body safety.

The CSA Prevention Toolkit includes

  • Information about Utah prevention education requirements and FAQs

  • Parent & family guidance materials

  • School implementation resources and links to approved providers + more

Create Focused Classrooms

In 2025, The Policy Project helped to pass a law that limits distracting phone use during class to improve student focus and learning. This law was updated in 2026 to make a bell-to-bell restriction the default.

School Device Policy Resources

Our Devices in Schools Toolkit helps schools and families navigate student phone and device policies with practical implementation tools, communication resources, and research-backed best practices.

Why it matters

Healthy technology habits and consistent expectations can improve focus, learning, social connection, and classroom engagement.

What can educators do?

  • Get involved at the local level by helping to create student-owned device policies.

  • Provide policy feedback and communicate directly with administrators.

  • Consistently enforce your school’s policy so that students know what to expect for school-wide implementation.

The Device Policy Toolkit includes

  • Sample policy guidance, implementation supports & best practices for schools

  • Student engagement ideas and parent & school communication tools

  • Research and information about student device use + more