Over 30 years of retirement, Lapen would collect as much as $2.65 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Peoria Standard.
The projection assumes Lapen received $55,609 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lapen will have already received $171,881 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.