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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 347
June 27, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
L. Johnson
,
Carpenter
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Hesselbein
,
Pfaff
,
Ratcliff
,
Spreitzer
,
Wall
and
Wirch
, cosponsored by Representatives
Vining
,
Hong
,
Anderson
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Haywood
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
Mayadev
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Palmeri
,
Phelps
,
Prado
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Tenorio
and
Udell
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB347,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
20.255 (2) (dt) (title);
to repeal and recreate
115.367 of the
2
statutes;
relating to:
aid for comprehensive school mental health services and
3
making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction awards grants to school districts and independent charter schools for the purpose of collaborating with community mental health agencies to provide mental health services to pupils. This bill replaces the current grant program with new categorical aid for comprehensive school mental health services to school districts and independent charter schools.
Under the bill, beginning in the 2025–26 school year, DPI must annually reimburse a school board or the operator of an independent charter school for costs incurred for mental health services during in-school or out-of-school time, up to the greater of $100,000 or $100 per pupil who was enrolled in the school district or independent charter school in the previous school year. If the amount appropriated for this purpose is insufficient, DPI must prorate the reimbursements.
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:
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1
Section
1
.
20.255 (2) (dt) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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2
20.255
(2)
(dt) (title)
School-based
Aid for comprehensive school
mental health
3
services
grants
.
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4
Section
2
.
115.367 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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5
115.367
Aid for comprehensive school mental health services.
(1)
In
6
this section, “telehealth” has the meaning given in s. 440.01 (1) (hm).
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7
(2)
Beginning in the 2025-26 school year and annually thereafter, the state
8
superintendent shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt) and subject to
9
sub. (4), reimburse a school board or the operator of a charter school established
10
under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for expenditures relating to mental health services
11
provided during in-school or out-of-school time. Mental health services eligible for
12
reimbursement under this subsection include at least all of the following:
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13
(a) Mental health evidence-based improvement strategies.
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14
(b) Mental health literacy and stigma reduction programs for pupils and
15
adults.
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16
(c) Collaborating or contracting with community mental health providers,
17
consultants, organizations, cooperative educational service agencies, and other
18
experts to provide consultation, training, mentoring, and coaching.
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19
(d) Parent training and informational events.
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20
(e) Assistance programs for pupils and families.
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21
(f) Mental health navigators.
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22
(g) Mental health system planning.
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1
(h) Translator and interpreter services.
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2
(i) Offsetting the costs associated with school-employed mental health
3
professionals accessible to all pupils.
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4
(j) The costs of setting up spaces and purchasing equipment suitable for
5
mental health telehealth service delivery.
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6
(k) The costs of projects designed to assist minors experiencing problems
7
resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs or to prevent alcohol or other drug
8
use by minors.
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9
(L) Telehealth services.
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10
(3)
The following costs are ineligible for reimbursement under sub. (2):
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(a) Payments for direct treatment services or insurance deductibles.
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12
(b) Nonmental health–related training.
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13
(c) Staff salaries for nonmental health–related positions.
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14
(d) Indirect costs of regular school operations such as existing overhead
15
expenses.
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16
(4)
(a) In each school year, the amount the state superintendent reimburses a
17
school board or operator of an independent charter school under sub. (2) may not
18
exceed the greater of the following:
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19
1. $100,000.
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20
2. $100 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in the school district or
21
charter school in the previous school year.
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22
(b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt) in any fiscal year is insufficient
23
to pay the full amount of reimbursement under sub. (2), the state superintendent
1
shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and the operators of
2
charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) that are eligible for the aid.
SB347,3
3
Section
3
. Fiscal changes.
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4
(
1
)
In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department
5
of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (dt), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-
6
26 is increased by $83,888,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is
7
increased by $83,888,000.
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8
Section
4
. Effective date.
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9
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
10
publication of the 2025 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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11
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