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MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly is requesting increased access to mental health services.
Underly says she’ll propose more than $304 million in new investments to support youth mental health in her 2025-27 biennial budget request. That includes providing every local education agency in the state $100 per pupil, expansion of mental health costs eligible for aid to all pupil services staff, increased funding to expand mental health training, and allowing middle-school students to participate in the Peer-to-Peer Suicide Prevention Grant Program.
Data from the 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed 59% of high school students experienced a mental health challenge in the last year.
The full budget request will be released in November.
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