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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Agard,
L. Johnson, Carpenter,
Hesselbein, Larson, Pfaff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wirch,
cosponsored by Representatives
Vining, Shelton, Considine, Palmeri, Moore
Omokunde, J. Anderson, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Bare, Conley, Drake,
Emerson, Goyke, Hong, Joers, Ohnstad, Ratcliff, Shankland, Sinicki,
Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Haywood, Jacobson, Clancy, Doyle,
Ortiz-Velez, Andraca, Billings and Neubauer. Referred to Committee on
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.
SB534,1,2
1An Act to create 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes;
relating to: training to address
2student mental health and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction must provide
trainings to school districts and independent charter schools on three specific
evidence-based strategies to address student mental health: screening, brief
intervention, and referral to treatment; trauma sensitive schools; and youth mental
health first aid. This bill adds social and emotional learning to the list of
evidence-based strategies on which DPI must provide trainings to school districts
and independent charter schools. The bill also provides an additional $500,000 to
DPI for these trainings in each of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years.
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:
SB534,1
3Section
1. 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,1,44
115.28
(63) (d) Social and emotional learning
.
SB534,2
5Section
2.
Fiscal changes.
SB534,2,5
1(1)
Mental health training program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
2the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (ep), the
3dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $500,000 and the dollar amount
4for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $500,000 for the purpose for which the
5appropriation is made.
