Over 30 years of retirement, Kozel would collect as much as $426,648, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Illinois Valley Times.
The projection assumes Kozel received $8,967 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Kozel will have already received $18,203 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.