NBC 5 Investigates has learned the Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday on a proposed $17.5 million settlement involving a former student who was sexually abused by her former school administrator.

It is believed to be one of the largest sexual abuse settlements in Illinois school history.

The former student, now in her 20s, sued Chicago Public Schools last year over the alleged abuse she said she endured. She also spoke to NBC 5 Investigates this spring as part of our "Lessons in Betrayal" series , which uncovered a culture of sexual misconduct inside Little Village Lawndale High School.

An NBC 5 investigation found that since 2017, at least seven educators have been fired or resigned from Little Village Lawndale High School while under investigation for sexual

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