State recommends schools implement yearly mental health screenings for students – Center Square

Illinois House candidate raises concerns about "Illinois Youth Survey." A new Illinois law recommends Illinois schools implement yearly mental health screenings for students enrolled in K-12th grade. Regan Deering, a Mt. Zion school board member and Illinois House candidate, said the new mental health screenings are a government expansion program being phased in this fall. "I have seen a list of various schools that are already opting in. We had a variety of schools opt-in to the comprehensive sex education standards and that was the last big conversation we had around surveys and curriculum that are being implemented in our public schools," said Deering. “I have concerns about this partnership as far as who is administering these mental health surveys.”