CHICAGO (AP) — Officials with Chicago Public Schools have reached a $1 million settlement with the family of a former special education student who reported being sexually assaulted by another classmate at an elementary school in 2014.
The lawsuit was filed anonymously by the family in 2016. The case was in the second week of a trial when the district negotiated a settlement.
The Chicago Board of Education approved the settlement Wednesday.
The family’s lawyer says the family is happy the process is over.
A CPS spokeswoman says the district believes that those impacted by a “legally-recognized failure on the district’s part should be compensated in a reasonable manner that will remedy injuries to the student.”
