CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Chicago Public School system is spelling out how much it intends to pay to the parents of special education students who were wrongly denied services a few years ago.
The nearly 11,000 current and past CPS special education students were illegally denied services, such as transportation or even a special ed diagnosis, between 2016 and 2018.
Now, CPS said it intends to pay their parents from $400 to $4,000 cash for every year that those services were rejected. The amounts differ depending on what service was denied.
According to the Sun-Times, that could cost as much as $22 million. That figure is based on a WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times analysis of information provided by CPS on the number of students denied services, what services were missed, and the amount CPS said it will pay for each missed service. But, CPS has disputed the figure, but did not elaborate and did not provide an amount it expects to spend, the Sun Times reported.
The public school system said it will begin contacting parents in October to let them know how much money they’re going to get.
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