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

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

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

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

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

Illinois becomes the first state to mandate annual mental health screenings for public school students from third to twelfth ...

Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders said that between 2018 and 2022, mental health and substance use ...

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

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 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 ...