News New Illinois law will allow students to take 5 mental health days, starting in 2022 September 2, 2021 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY Comments Off on New Illinois law will allow students to take 5 mental health days, starting in 2022 A law signed by Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker last month will allow for five excused absences from school in 2022 without the need for a doctor's note.