Over 30 years of retirement, Behrends would collect as much as $715,675, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Peoria Standard.
The projection assumes Behrends received $15,042 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Behrends will have already received $62,930 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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