Wisconsin SB 352: Relating to: grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Bill Text

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2025 SENATE BILL 352
June 27, 2025 - Introduced by Senators L. JOHNSON, CARPENTER, DRAKE,
HESSELBEIN, KEYESKI, LARSON, RATCLIFF, SMITH and WIRCH, cosponsored 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. Referred to
Committee on Education.
AN ACT to create 20.255 (2) (dv) and 115.369 of the statutes; relating to:
grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial
minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an
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:
SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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SECTION 1
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20.255 Public instruction, department of
(2) AIDS FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
(dv) Grants for school mental health
professionals GPR A 5,000,000 5,000,000
SECTION 2. 20.255 (2) (dv) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (dv) Grants for school mental health professionals. The amounts in
the schedule for the grants to school districts under s. 115.369 to hire school mental
health professionals.
SECTION 3. 115.369 of the statutes is created to read:
115.369 Grants for school mental health professionals. (1) In this
section, “member of a racial minority group” means an individual who is any of the
following:
(a) A Black American.
(b) An American Indian or Alaskan Native.
(c) A Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).
(d) An individual of Asian or Pacific Island origin.
(e) An individual whose ancestry includes 2 or more races.
(2) The department shall 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.
(3) The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.
SECTION 4. Effective date.
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SECTION 4
(1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
publication of the 2025 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
(END)
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