Over 30 years of retirement, Betsworth would collect as much as $783,692, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Betsworth received $16,472 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Betsworth will have already received $33,438 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.