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Free condoms available at Chicago Public Schools beginning this fall

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CHICAGO - Starting this fall, free condoms will be available at Chicago Public Schools with students fifth grade or older.The Chicago Sun-Times reports this is part of a new policy passed by the CPS Board of Education in December.Under the CPS policy, schools that teach fifth grade and up must maintain a condom availability program.The Chicago Department of Public Health will provide condoms to 600 CPS schools to help prevent teen pregnancies, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APPUntil now, principals have used their own discretion on sex-related education and resources.To start, elementary schools will get 250 condoms and high schools will get 1,000.

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