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

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

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

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with ...

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

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

For students in Illinois, mental health screenings will soon be required alongside annual vision and hearing exams. Illinois ...

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

For 17-year-old Abhinav Anne, offering Illinois students a chance to get a free mental health screening feels like a milestone in his work in mental health advocacy. Governor JB Pritzker cemented that ...

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

This story contains mentions of suicide. With a backdrop of a hand-painted, student-made mural and a grinning slate of state ...