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

Pritzker said it’s important to overcome the stigma around getting help for mental health issues and to treat mental health as a priority, like physical health. Illinois schools already offer screenings for vision and hearing problems and require students to have physical checkups with their pediatrician.

I'm tired, frankly, of treating something completely preventable as inevitable,” Pritzker said. “I'm tired of forcing our children to duck and cover because too many politicians are ducking and coveri