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South Central Reporter

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Former state school employee Lett paid in $286K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $6.44M in retirement

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Former state school employee David Lett, who retired in July 2017, saved $286,114 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Lett would collect as much as $6.44 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Lett received $135,392 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Lett will have already received $418,484 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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