Sometimes students need feminine hygiene products, and for some school districts, they are available at the nurse's office. 

"I'm a busy office, so I sometimes have male students and other females and they don't want to bring up the subject on why they're here," said Monticello Central School District Lead Nurse Jackie Jara-Cole.   

Children that come in are sometimes embarrassed to ask, or thought they had what they needed, but run short. 

"You can't anticipate sometimes how many you need per day. And I think it's a wonderful service that the school can provide," said Middletown Central School District Nurse Practitioner Barbara Kura.

Schools we checked in with say they've always had products on hand, but not always in the bathrooms. In July, the state Education Department made a requirement for public and charter schools to have free feminine hygiene products available in bathrooms, and with the start of school, students will have easy access to these items.

Health officials say that when students come to school, they shouldn't be worried about where they're going to get feminine hygiene products — they should be worried about school work. 

"We do have some students in the community that have to worry about where their feminine products are coming from. They may not have the money at home and decide, 'Do I need to eat, or do I need products?' and by offering this to our students, it will empower them and make them hopefully do better in school," said Jara-Cole.    

The law applies for students in sixth through twelfth grade.