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

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

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill which requires Illinois’ public school districts to provide universal mental health ...

Illinois will become the first state to mandate yearly mental health screenings for students in third through twelfth grades ...

The change will go into effect in the 2027-2028 school year with at least one screening per student required annually, according to a press release from Pritzker's office.

Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker has signed SB1560 bill into law which states mental health checkups will soon be ...