(The Center Square) – Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly continued to unveil new spending proposals for the state, including $304 million for youth mental health, $294 million for universal free meals, $59.5 million for recruiting and retaining educators and $42 million for early literacy initiatives in the upcoming 2025-2027 biennial budget request. The announcements come in the weeks leading up to a Nov. 5 election where 137 public school referendums are on local Nov. 5 ballots across the state, threatening to increase property taxes in those local districts. Underly’s proposals hav…