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

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

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Illinois has become the first state to offer annual mental health screenings to public school students in grades 3-12, in partnership with psychiatric hospitals, with the goal of shifting from crisis ...

Illinois Statehouse Republicans express continued concerns with the Pritzker administration's management of the Illinois ...

The bill, SB1560 requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year, starting in the 2027-2028 school year.

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Pritzker was asked about continued problems after the case of an 18-year-old who died last year, despite having been on DCFS’s radar. Mackenzi Felmlee died in May. Her foster mother and her foster ...

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 ...

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

The North Carolina state legislature became the first in the U.S. to approve a bill joining the Educational Choice for Children Act. Illinois owes the same to its children after taking away ...