Chicago Public Schools
Menta Academy (Special Education Services): paid so far
$14.7 million
Exact amount: $14,671,644.13
CPS fiscal year 2026 (Jul 2025 to Jun 2026), vendor total
Paid so farVendor total paid by CPS in FY2026 under the name 'SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES DBA MENTA ACADEMY CHICAGO WEST'. Why it is listed: ISBE-approved nonpublic special education day school (menta.com, ISBE private facility listing site 1815). The total can include other CPS contracts with the same organization, and CPS does not link payments to budget lines.
This is what CPS has paid one private special education school so far this year for students whose plans say they need that setting.
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