Over 30 years of retirement, Heinrich would collect as much as $4.02 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Heinrich received $84,522 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Heinrich will have already received $171,580 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.