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 ...

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

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

As part of the program, mental health screenings in Illinois schools will become a regular thing. The state’s Board of ...

Gov. Pritzker highlights the importance of mental health screenings for kids and ensures young people that they are not alone ...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with cost-free mental health screening tools for students across the state, according ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1560 Thursday, which would require the State Board of Education and a children’s ...

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

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