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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 342

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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)

Mental health Minority groups Public instruction department of School — Finance School — Health program

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan 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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

9 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Drake (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced 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; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith and Wirch

  2. Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jul 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1