Over 30 years of retirement, Bateman would collect as much as $548,788, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Peoria Standard.
The projection assumes Bateman received $11,535 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Bateman will have already received $48,257 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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