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

Pritzker acknowledged there is no one reason Chicago's homicide rate is down 3% from last year, shootings down 40%, and ...

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 ...

A bill is now in effect to ensure universal mental health screenings are available at all Illinois public schools, making it the first state in the country to do so. At Chute Middle School in Evanston ...

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

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

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

A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 ...

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 ...

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

His approach to climate is in keeping with this attitude—though critics say there’s room for improvement. During Pritzker’s ...

The Safe Gun Storage Act requires owners to keep weapons in a locked box around minors and at-risk individuals. Another bill ...