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

Illinois Statehouse Republicans express continued concerns with the Pritzker administration's management of the Illinois ...

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

Debate surrounds Illinois' new law allowing universal mental health evaluations in public schools. Opponents cite potential unintended consequences.

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 ...

Chicago Public Schools officials are asking for more money from Illinois taxpayers, but a state lawmaker from Chicago says ...

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

Illinois has become the first state to offer annual mental health screenings to public school students in grades 3-12, in partnership with psychiatric hospitals, with the goal of shifting from crisis ...

Never fear, Illinois parents, the state is here to help! Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a first-of-its-kind law that will start regular mental health evaluations in public […] ...

As part of the program, mental health screenings in Illinois schools will become a regular thing. The state’s Board of Education will work with children’s behavioral health experts on what guidance ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1560 Thursday, which would require the State Board of Education and a children’s behavioral health team within the governor’s office to develop procedures and ...