% OVERTURNED.
% >> JOSH KAUL, THANKS VERY MUCH.
% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
% >> IN LIEU OF INVITATION TO
% SPEAK TO BUDGET WRITERS OF THE
% JOINT FINANCE COMMENCEMENT,
% STATE PUBLIC INSTRUCTION JILL
% UNDERLY PRESENTED HER EDUCATION
% BUDGET PRIORITIES TO A PANEL OF
% STUDENTS AT MOUNT HOREB HIGH
% SCHOOL WHO THEN PRESENTED HER
% WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE STUDENT
% PERSPECTIVE.
% >> ON THE TOPIC OF MENTAL
% HEALTH, I CAN SAY FROM OUR
% SCHOOL THAT THERE'S VERY FEW
% RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
% ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT CONSISTS OF
% HERE IS CALL THIS PHONE NUMBER
% IF YOU'RE HAVING SUICIDAL
% THOUGHTS OR TALK TO ONE OF TWO
% PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE.
% AND ACTUALLY, IN FACT, ONE OF
% THE PEOPLE ON THIS -- SITTING
% HERE WITH ME WAS TELLING ME A
% LITTLE STORY ABOUT HOW WE WERE
% HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
% AND THEY WENT TO ONE OF THE
% COUNSELORS AND THEY WERE TOLD TO
% COME BACK WHEN THEY HAD AN
% APPOINTMENT.
% SO PRETTY DISFUNCTIONAL, AND SO
% I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS
% $235 MILLION, I GUESS, MENTAL
% HEALTH GRANT IS GOING TO HELP TO
% BUILD THOSE SERVICES.
% >> WE'RE NOT ONLY SHORT STAFFED
% IN MENTAL HEALTH, IT'S JUST
% PROBLEMS ARE ALSO MORE
% DIFFICULT, AND TAKE MORE TIME
% AND SO THE BUDGET ASK IS
% REQUESTING A BASE AMOUNT FOR
% EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
% $100,000, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL
% $100 PER STUDENT.
% SO YOU'D HAVE $200,000 TO HIRE
% ADDITIONAL STAFF, POSSIBLY BRING
% IN CONTRACTORS IN MENTAL HEALTH.
% I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER
% OF THEM PARTICULARLY IN THIS
% AREA.
% >> DURING THE SUMMER, I WORK
% WITH THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
% HERE AT MOUNT HOREB AND I HELP
% STUDENTS IN MATH AND READINGS
% AND OTHER SUBJECTS THAT ARE
% STRUGGLING AND I WOULD SAY
% THERE'S A GOOD PORTION OF
% STUDENTS THAT ARE SPECIAL
% EDUCATION IN THOSE CLASSES THAT
% NEED THE HELP DURING THE SUMMER
% AND THERE'S MAYBE ONE
% PROFESSIONAL PER TWO TO THREE
% STUDENTS SO I'VE HELPED OUT A
% LOT OF THESE STUDENTS TRYING TO
% HELP THEM LEARN DURING THE
% SUMMER, BUT I'M NOT A TRAINED
% PROFESSION AND THESE STUDENTS
% NEED MORE ACCESS AND SUPPORT IN
% ORDER TO UNLOCK THEIR POTENTIAL,
% SO HOW DO YOU ALLOCATE THE
% BUDGET SO THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION
% PROGRAMS ARE PRIORITIZED AND
% PARRA PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS ARE
% MADE EASIER?
% >> SO RIGHT NOW, WISCONSIN
% REIMBURSES, AS A SHARED EARLIER,
% ON SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS, 30%,
% ROUGHLY.
% THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE PROPOSING
% AT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD INCREASE
% THAT AMOUNT TO 45 FERRIES AND
% THEN -- 45% AND THEN 60%.
% YOUR SCHOOL WOULD BE CLOSER TO
% $2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL
% REIMBURSEMENT SO THAT HAPPEN
% FUNDING COULD GO TOWARDS HIRING
% ADDITIONAL STAFF, IT COULD GO
% TOWARDS TRAINING, IT COULD GO
% TOWARDS RAISING SALARIES.
% NOT JUST IN SPECIAL EDUCATION,
% BUT IN ALL PROGRAMS, BECAUSE, AS
% I SAID, THAT FUNDING IS BEING
% TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER PROGRAMS
% IN ORDER TO MEET THAT.
% SO, REALLY, WHAT YOU'VE