Over 30 years of retirement, Begley would collect as much as $2.81 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Begley received $59,015 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Begley will have already received $182,409 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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