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 ...

Pritzker said it’s important to overcome the stigma around getting help for mental health issues and to treat mental health ...

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

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

The odds of a mental health diagnosis in children with chronic medical conditions increased stepwise based on the severity of ...

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

Illinois is set to become the first American state to mandate annual mental health screenings for students. Governor JB ...

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

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 ...

Starting in 2027, Illinois will require all public school students from grades 3 to 12 to undergo annual mental health ...