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 ...

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.

Illinois wants to give mental health screenings to elementary schoolers. Will that actually help struggling kids?

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 ...

Illinois will require all school districts in the state to offer mental health screenings at least once a year to students in ...

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

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

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