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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 350
June 27, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
L. Johnson
,
Carpenter
,
Drake
,
Hesselbein
,
Larson
,
Pfaff
,
Ratcliff
,
Smith
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
Vining
,
Roe
,
DeSanto
,
Kirsch
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Palmeri
,
Anderson
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Haywood
,
Hong
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Neubauer
,
Phelps
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
and
Udell
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB350,1,6
1
An Act
to repeal
115.364 (1) (a), (am) and (b), 115.364 (2) (a) 2. and 3. and
2
115.364 (2) (b) 2.;
to renumber and amend
115.364 (1) (intro.) and 115.364
3
(2) (b) 1.;
to consolidate, renumber and amend
115.364 (2) (a) (intro.) and
4
1.;
to amend
20.255 (2) (da), 115.364 (title) and 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the
5
statutes;
relating to:
school mental health and pupil wellness aid and
6
making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill changes the types of expenditures that are eligible for reimbursement under the state categorical aid program related to pupil mental health.
Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction must make payments to school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in parental choice programs (local education agency) that increased the amount they spent to employ, hire, or retain social workers. Under current law, DPI first pays each eligible local education agency 50 percent of the amount by which the eligible local education agency increased its expenditures for social workers in the preceding school year over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year. If, after making those payments, there is money remaining in the appropriation account for that aid program, DPI makes additional payments to eligible local education agencies. The amount of those additional payments is determined based on the amount remaining in the appropriation account and the amount spent by eligible local education agencies to employ, hire, and retain social workers during the previous school year.
The bill expands eligibility for the payments under the aid program to include spending on school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and school nurses (pupil services professionals). The bill also eliminates the two tier reimbursement structure of the aid program and eliminates the requirement that a local education agency is eligible for the aid only if the local education agency increased its spending. Under the bill, any local education agency that made expenditures to employ, hire, or retain pupil services professionals during the previous school year is eligible for reimbursement under the aid program.
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:
SB350,1
1
Section
1
.
20.255 (2) (da) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB350,2,5
2
20.255
(2)
(da)
Aid for school mental
Mental
health
programs
and pupil
3
wellness aid
.
The amounts in the schedule for aid to
school districts and
4
independent charter schools
employ, hire, and retain pupil services professionals
5
under s. 115.364.
SB350,2
6
Section
2
.
115.364 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB350,2,8
7
115.364
(title)
Aid for school mental
Mental
health
programs
and
8
pupil wellness aid
.
SB350,3
9
Section
3
.
115.364 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (1) and
10
amended to read:
SB350,2,12
11
115.364
(1)
In this section
:
, “pupil services professional” means a school
12
counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, or school nurse.
SB350,4
13
Section
4
.
115.364 (1) (a), (am) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.
SB350,5
1
Section
5
.
115.364 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
2
renumbered 115.364 (2) (a) and amended to read:
SB350,3,13
3
115.364
(2)
(a) Beginning in the
2018-19
2026-27
school year and annually
4
thereafter, the state superintendent shall
do all of the following: 1. Subject
, subject
5
to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da),
pay to an eligible
6
reimburse a
school
district
board, the operator of a charter school established under
7
s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or the governing body of a private school participating in a
8
program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for
an amount equal to
50 percent of the amount
9
by which the school district increased its
expenditures
made by the school board,
10
operator, or governing body
in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain
11
social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately
12
preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers
pupil
13
services professionals
.
SB350,6
14
Section
6
.
115.364 (2) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
SB350,7
15
Section
7
.
115.364 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 115.364 (2) (b) and
16
amended to read:
SB350,3,22
17
115.364
(2)
(b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year
18
is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par. (a), the state superintendent
19
shall prorate state aid payments among the school
districts, private schools, and
20
independent charter schools
boards, operators of charter schools established under
21
s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), and governing bodies of private schools participating in
22
programs under ss. 118.60 and 119.23 that are
eligible for the aid.
SB350,8
23
Section
8
.
115.364 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB350,9
1
Section
9
.
118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB350,4,7
2
118.40
(2r)
(e) 2p. a. Add the amounts appropriated in the current fiscal year
3
under s. 20.255 (2), except s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (aw), (az), (bb),
(da),
(dj), (du), (fm), (fp),
4
(fq), (fr), (fu), (k), and (m); and s. 20.505 (4) (es); and the amount, as determined by
5
the secretary of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s)
6
allocated for payments to telecommunications providers under contracts with
7
school districts and cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13).
SB350,10
8
Section
10
. Fiscal changes.
SB350,4,15
9
(
1
)
Mental health and pupil wellness aid.
In the schedule under s. 20.005
10
(3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2)
11
(da), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $16,500,000 for the
12
purposes for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
13
for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2)
14
(da), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $18,000,000 for the
15
purposes for which the appropriation is made.
SB350,11
16
Section
11
. Effective date.
SB350,4,18
17
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
18
publication of the 2025 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
SB350,4,19
19
(end)
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