Illinois the first state in the nation to require public schools to offer mental health screenings in 3rd through 12th grades ...

Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1560 to provide cost-free mental health screening tools to public schools in Illinois ...

For students in Illinois, mental health screenings will soon be required alongside annual vision and hearing exams. Illinois ...

The bill, SB1560, requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year.

Pritzker said Illinois is the first in the country to provide universal mental health screenings for children in public schools.

Illinois students are used to taking physicals and vision tests for school, but now they can add one more exam to the list.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill which requires Illinois’ public school districts to provide universal mental health ...

This story contains mentions of suicide. With a backdrop of a hand-painted, student-made mural and a grinning slate of state ...

Gov. JB Pritzker at Chute Middle School in Evanston on July 31, 2025, signs into law a mandate that will require Illinois ...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with ...

A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 ...

The bill requires all school districts to offer mental health screenings to students enrolled in grades 3-12, at least once a ...