LRB-4940/1
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
December 7, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Vining, Brostoff, Considine,
Moore Omokunde, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Cabrera,
Conley, Doyle, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, B. Meyers, Milroy,
Neubauer, Ohnstad, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs,
Subeck and Vruwink, cosponsored by Senators Agard,
Erpenbach, Johnson,
Larson, Roys and Smith. Referred to Committee on Mental Health.
AB749,1,2
1An Act to amend 115.367 (1) of the statutes;
relating to: school-based mental
2health services grants.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction must administer a
competitive grant program under which DPI awards grants to school boards and
independent charter schools for the purpose of collaborating with community mental
health agencies to provide mental health services to pupils. Under the bill, the
purpose of these grants is to collaborate with mental health providers, as opposed to
community mental health agencies, to provide mental health services to pupils.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB749,1
3Section
1. 115.367 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB749,2,44
115.367
(1) Grant program. The department shall establish and administer
5a competitive program to award grants to school boards and operators of charter
6schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for the purpose of collaborating with
community
7mental health agencies mental health providers to provide mental health services
1to pupils. School boards and operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x)
2may apply for a grant under this section individually or as a consortium of school
3boards, charter schools, or both. For purposes of this subsection, a “consortium of
4school boards” includes a cooperative educational service agency.
