(THE BLAZE) – Illinois children will be able to take up to five mental health or behavioral days away from school beginning in January 2022. The absences, according to NPR, will be excused.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the bill into law in late August, stating that any students who choose to take a "mental health" day will not be required to provide professional documentation from a medical doctor or other physician.
Illinois State Rep. Barbara Hernandez (D), co-sponsor of the bill, said that the importance of children being able to take days off to tend to their mental and emotional health is of utmost importance — especially amid an ongoing pandemic.
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