Crisis lines on Illinois student IDs
Illinois law puts crisis lines on student IDs at K-12 schools and at colleges. For each, here is who must carry them, the law, and the exact lines to print.
K-12 schools
- Who must carry it
- School districts, grades 6 to 12, for student and staff IDs
- The law
- 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 (opens in a new tab)ilga.gov
- Staff IDs
- Yes. Staff IDs need the lines too.
- Every grade
- No. Only the grades or schools named above.
- Exact wording
- Not set. These are the lines the law names, in plain words.
What to print
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741
Safe2Help Illinois
Call 844-4-SAFEIL
Text SAFE2 (72332)
Colleges
- Who must carry it
- Public universities and community colleges
- The law
- 110 ILCS 58/25 (opens in a new tab)ilga.gov
- Staff IDs
- No. Student IDs only.
- Exact wording
- Not set. These are the lines the law names, in plain words.
What to print
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741
Local suicide prevention hotline
[Your local hotline]
Campus counseling center
[Your counseling center number]
A line in [brackets] is one your school fills in, like its own phone number. The template prints it in brackets until you type yours in.
Put these lines on your student IDs
Pick Illinois in the starter gallery and the Student ID templates print the K-12 lines on the back, and the Campus ID template prints the college lines. School Staff and Substitute Teacher cards get the K-12 back too.
Researched October 2026 against each state’s statute or session law.
Laws change. Check the linked law before you print. This isn’t legal advice.