Over 30 years of retirement, Kupec would collect as much as $536,268, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Kupec received $11,271 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Kupec will have already received $22,880 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.