Chicago Public Schools has more than tripled the amount of money available to cover the costs of boarding up dozens of schools shut down this year.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the city's board of education voted Wednesday to pay up to $30.9 million to Global Workplace Solutions for emptying out and boarding up the schools.
An initial contract in April was for $8.9 million. That was later more than doubled to $18.9 million.
The city closed the schools this year, saying it could save money and better focus resources by moving the remaining students to other schools.
CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett says the increase in closure costs would not be a financial problem, telling the board that the overall budget had not been exceeded.
And CPS Chief Administrative Officer Tom Tyrrell also explained that CPS had not gone over its $78 million budget for 2013 school transitions.
