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Illinois schools to offer mental health screenings

Illinois becomes 1st state to require student mental health screenings

For students in Illinois, mental health screenings will soon be required alongside annual vision and hearing exams. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Thursday that will require public school students in grades 3 through 12 in the state to undergo a mental health screening each year.

Chicago Tribune · 10h

Afternoon Briefing: Illinois schools to offer mental health screenings

Gov. JB Pritzker at Chute Middle School in Evanston on July 31, 2025, signs into law a mandate that will require Illinois public schools to offer students in third to 12th grades an optional mental health screening. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

Belleville News-Democrat on MSN · 19h

Pritzker signs bill to implement mental health screenings in schools

Gov. JB 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 make mental health materials available to school districts. The board will provide those materials to schools beginning in September 2026.

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NT Police urged to prioritise mental health screenings: Inquest into constable's death

An expert in trauma and suicide has told a coronial inquest into the death of a veteran officer that better mental health ...

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Youth mental health screenings may have long-term impact, IL legislator warns

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

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