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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 342
July 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Vining
,
Hong
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Roe
,
DeSanto
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Haywood
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Neubauer
,
Palmeri
,
Phelps
,
Prado
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Tenorio
and
Udell
, cosponsored by Senators
L. Johnson
,
Carpenter
,
Drake
,
Hesselbein
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Smith
and
Wirch
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB342,1,4
1
An Act
to create
20.255 (2) (dv) and 115.369 of the statutes;
relating to:
2
grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial
3
minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an
4
appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must establish and administer a grant program to award grants to school districts to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial minority group. The bill appropriates $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for the grants.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB342,1
5
Section
1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
6
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table
AB342,2
6
Section
2
.
20.255 (2) (dv) of the statutes is created to read:
AB342,2,9
7
20.255
(2)
(dv)
Grants for school mental health professionals.
The amounts in
8
the schedule for the grants to school districts under s. 115.369 to hire school mental
9
health professionals.
AB342,3
10
Section
3
.
115.369 of the statutes is created to read:
AB342,2,13
11
115.369
Grants for school mental health professionals.
(1)
In this
12
section, “member of a racial minority group” means an individual who is any of the
13
following:
AB342,2,14
14
(a) A Black American.
AB342,2,15
15
(b) An American Indian or Alaskan Native.
AB342,2,16
16
(c) A Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).
AB342,2,17
17
(d) An individual of Asian or Pacific Island origin.
AB342,2,18
18
(e) An individual whose ancestry includes 2 or more races.
AB342,2,21
19
(2)
The department shall establish and administer a grant program to award
20
grants to school districts to hire school mental health professionals who are
21
members of a racial minority group.
AB342,2,22
22
(3)
The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.
AB342,4
23
Section
4
. Effective date.
AB342,3,2
1
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
2
publication of the 2025 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
AB342,3,3
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