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grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation

grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation

Budget Education
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Stubbs, Goodwin, Rivera-Wagner, Taylor, Ortiz-Velez, Tenorio, Bare, Sinicki, Arney, McCarville, Prado and Kirsch, cosponsored by Senators James, Ratcliff and L. Johnson
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Education
Effective date
Not listed

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grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation

grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation Status: A - Education

What This Bill Does

  • grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation Status: A - Education

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-02-20 Asm.

    Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-02-09 Asm.

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-02-03 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. 2026-02-02 Asm.

    Representative Clancy added as a coauthor

  6. 2026-01-16 Asm.

    Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor

  7. 2026-01-07 Asm.

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  8. 2026-01-06 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs , Goodwin , Rivera-Wagner , Taylor , Ortiz-Velez , Tenorio , Bare , Sinicki , Arney , McCarville , Prado and Kirsch ; cosponsored by Senators James , Ratcliff and L. Johnson

  9. 2026-01-06 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

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grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
Status: A - Education

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 828
January 6, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Stubbs
,
Goodwin
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Taylor
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Tenorio
,
Bare
,
Sinicki
,
Arney
,
McCarville
,
Prado
and
Kirsch
, cosponsored by Senators
James
,
Ratcliff
and
L. Johnson
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB828,1,3
1
An Act

to create
20.255 (3) (cm) and 115.448 of the statutes;
relating to:

2
grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an
3
appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to create a program under which DPI provides grants to school counselors for the costs of continuing education and training in mental and behavioral health. Under the bill, a school counselor is defined as an individual who holds a school counselor license issued by DPI and is required to hold that license for purposes of the individual’s employment.
For further information see the state 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:
AB828,1
4
Section

1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
5
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table

AB828,2
6
Section

2
.
20.255 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB828,2,8
7
20.255
(3)
(cm)
School counseling grants.
The amounts in the schedule for
8
grants to school counselors under s. 115.448.
AB828,3
9
Section

3
.
115.448 of the statutes is created to read:
AB828,2,13
10
115.448

School counseling grants.

(1)
In this section, “school counselor”
11
means an individual who holds a license issued by the department under s. PI
12
34.059, Wis. Adm. Code, and is required to hold that license for purposes of the
13
individual’s employment.
AB828,2,16
14
(2)
Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the department shall develop and
15
implement a program to award grants to school counselors for the costs of
16
continuing education and training in mental and behavioral health.
AB828,2,18
17
(3)
The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
18
section.
AB828,2,19
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