South Central Reporter

Former state school employee Rebecca Morris, who retired in May 2016, saved $64,325 toward a pension over 18 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Morris would collect as much as $978,873, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Morris received $20,575 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Morris will have already received $86,078 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.