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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
November 30, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Agard,
Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson,
Ringhand, Roys and Smith, cosponsored by Representatives Vining,
Brostoff, Considine, Moore Omokunde, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh,
Billings, Bowen, Cabrera, Conley, Doyle, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein,
Hong, B. Meyers, Milroy, Neubauer, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs,
Subeck and Vruwink. Referred to Committee on Universities and Technical
Colleges.
SB735,1,3
1An Act to create 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes;
relating to: training to address
2student mental health, funding for the University of Wisconsin System and
3special education, 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
interventions, 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 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.
The bill also provides additional funding for the University of Wisconsin
System under its general program operations appropriation and for special
education aid for school districts, independent charter schools, cooperative
educational service agencies, and county children with disabilities education boards
for purposes of maintaining compliance with maintenance of effort requirements of
the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act and the federal American Rescue Plan
Act.
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:
SB735,1
1Section
1. 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB735,2,22
115.28
(63) (d) Social and emotional learning
.
SB735,2
3Section
2.
Fiscal changes.
SB735,2,84
(1)
Mental health training program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
5the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (ep), the
6dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $500,000 and the dollar amount
7for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $500,000 for the purpose for which the
8appropriation is made.
SB735,2,139
(2)
Special education aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
10appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the
11dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $315,000 and the dollar amount
12for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $315,000 to increase funding for aids for
13special education under s. 115.88.
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(3)
UW System; general program operations. In the schedule under s. 20.005
15(3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin
16System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased
17by $80,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $80,000 for
18the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
