SB 347 — Relating to: aid for comprehensive school mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)

Summary

An Act to amend 20.255 (2) (dt) (title); to repeal and recreate 115.367 of the statutes;

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The bill creates a new categorical aid program for comprehensive school mental health services, replacing the existing grant program.

• 20.255 (2) (dt) (title)

  School-based mental health services grants. → School-based Aid for comprehensive school mental health services grants.

  This change updates the title to reflect the new focus on comprehensive mental health services.

• 115.367

  Existing text of 115.367 is entirely repealed. → 115.367 Aid for comprehensive school mental health services. (1) In this section, 'telehealth' has the meaning given in s. 440.01 (1) (hm). (2) Beginning in the 2025-26 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt) and subject to sub. (4), reimburse a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) for expenditures relating to mental health services provided during in-school or out-of-school time. Mental health services eligible for reimbursement under this subsection include at least all of the following: (a) Mental health evidence-based improvement strategies. (b) Mental health literacy and stigma reduction programs for pupils and adults. (c) Collaborating or contracting with community mental health providers, consultants, organizations, cooperative educational service agencies, and other experts to provide consultation, training, mentoring, and coaching. (d) Parent training and informational events. (e) Assistance programs for pupils and families. (f) Mental health navigators. (g) Mental health system planning. (h) Translator and interpreter services. (i) Offsetting the costs associated with school-employed mental health professionals accessible to all pupils. (j) The costs of setting up spaces and purchasing equipment suitable for mental health telehealth service delivery. (k) The costs of projects designed to assist minors experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs or to prevent alcohol or other drug use by minors. (L) Telehealth services. (3) The following costs are ineligible for reimbursement under sub. (2): (a) Payments for direct treatment services or insurance deductibles. (b) Nonmental health–related training. (c) Staff salaries for nonmental health–related positions. (d) Indirect costs of regular school operations such as existing overhead expenses. (4) (a) In each school year, the amount the state superintendent reimburses a school board or operator of an independent charter school under sub. (2) may not exceed the greater of the following: 1. $100,000. 2. $100 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in the school district or charter school in the previous school year. (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of reimbursement under sub. (2), the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and the operators of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) that are eligible for the aid.

  This change establishes a new reimbursement program for mental health services, defining eligible expenses and incorporating various support services.

Action History

1. March 23, 2026

   Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

2. January 09, 2026

   Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

3. July 15, 2025

   Fiscal estimate received

4. June 27, 2025

   Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

5. June 27, 2025

   Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Hong, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Tenorio and Udell

Sponsors

• Vining · Cosponsor
• Hong · Cosponsor
• Arney · Cosponsor
• Bare · Cosponsor
• Brown · Cosponsor
• Clancy · Cosponsor
• DeSmidt · Cosponsor
• Fitzgerald · Cosponsor
• Goodwin · Cosponsor
• Haywood · Cosponsor
• Joers · Cosponsor
• Madison · Cosponsor
• Mayadev · Cosponsor
• Miresse · Cosponsor
• Moore Omokunde · Cosponsor
• Neubauer · Cosponsor
• Palmeri · Cosponsor
• Phelps · Cosponsor
• Prado · Cosponsor
• Rivera-Wagner · Cosponsor
• Roe · Cosponsor
• Sheehan · Cosponsor
• Sinicki · Cosponsor
• Stroud · Cosponsor
• Stubbs · Cosponsor
• Tenorio · Cosponsor
• Udell · Cosponsor
• LaTonya Johnson · Primary
• Tim Carpenter · Cosponsor
• Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Cosponsor
• Dianne Hesselbein · Cosponsor
• Brad Pfaff · Cosponsor
• Melissa Ratcliff · Cosponsor
• Mark Spreitzer · Cosponsor
• Jamie Wall · Cosponsor
• Robert Wirch · Cosponsor
• J ANDERSON · Cosponsor
• LaTonya Johnson · Cosponsor

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