A 2005 law put the penalties in place to discourage districts from giving costly raises - any above 6 percent - that result in costlier pensions. While salaries are paid by districts, the state foots the bill for educators' retirement benefits.
Illinois penalizes districts for "pension spiking" by passing on the extra pension costs associated with hiking salaries in the years leading up to retirement.
Since 2005, the state has assessed more than $161 million in penalties, according to TRS data.
East Central Illinois pensions spiking penalties, 2005-present
Rank
District
City
Members
Amount Assessed
Payments Made
Waivers Granted
Written-off
Current Balance
1
Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4
Shelbyville
33
$288,374.59
$80,343.23
$208,021.96
$9.40
2
Effingham Community Unit School District 40
Effingham
44
$88,226.91
$74,231.13
$13,989.02
$6.76
3
Jasper County CUSD 1
Newton
16
$42,174.95
$42,174.68
$0.27
4
Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302
Villa Grove
16
$105,583.65
$31,487.21
$74,085.80
$10.64
5
Cumberland Community Unit School District 77
Toledo
12
$30,336.94
$30,329.72
$7.22
6
Tuscola Community Unit School District 301
Tuscola
23
$49,281.25
$26,359.95
$22,919.97
$1.33
7
Teutopolis Community Unit School District 50
Teutopolis
13
$87,043.39
$22,999.09
$64,043.09
$1.21
8
Lawrence County CUSD 20
Lawrenceville
16
$22,472.13
$22,471.16
$0.97
9
Cowden-Herrick CUD 3A
Cowden
4
$41,206.61
$20,573.71
$20,632.76
$0.14
10
Eastern IL Area Spec Educ Coop
Charleston
19
$19,902.13
$19,886.13
$16.00
11
Clay City Community Unit School District 10
Clay City
9
$39,272.87
$15,560.52
$23,712.21
$0.14
12
Neoga Community Unit School District 3
Neoga
12
$15,116.14
$15,111.08
$5.06
13
Arcola Community Unified School District 306
Arcola
9
$14,107.08
$14,105.42
$1.66
14
Shiloh Community Unit School District 1
Hume
9
$12,128.74
$12,121.53
$7.21
15
Flora Community Unit School District 35
Flora
9
$17,986.08
$11,389.32
$6,593.83
$2.93
16
Central A & M CUSD 21
Assumption
13
$77,112.73
$10,113.41
$66,999.32
17
Clk-Cls-Cmbn-Dg-Ed-Mltr-Sh ROE
Charleston
4
$13,217.40
$8,852.30
$4,364.18
$0.92
18
Paris Union School District 95
Paris
12
$8,684.27
$8,679.02
$5.25
19
Arthur Community Unified School District 305
Arthur
14
$23,492.02
$7,483.28
$16,001.30
$7.44
20
Charleston Community Unit School District No.1
Charleston
59
$107,649.67
$6,870.97
$100,674.72
$103.98
21
Richland County Community Unit School District 1
Olney
23
$118,381.51
$6,456.53
$111,918.98
$6.00
22
Casey Westfield CUSD 4C
Casey
15
$59,973.20
$4,493.41
$55,476.94
$2.85
23
Marshall Community Unit School District 2C
Marshall
13
$17,187.63
$4,328.21
$12,858.49
$0.93
24
Red Hill Community Unit School District 10
Bridgeport
12
$7,793.38
$3,928.39
$3,864.72
$0.27
25
Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C
Martinsville
3
$3,820.55
$3,820.41
$0.14
26
Kansas Community Unit School District 3
Kansas
2
$18,383.28
$3,354.01
$15,029.27
27
Paris Community Unit School District 4
Paris
8
$4,421.76
$3,262.29
$1,159.34
$0.13
28
Stewardson-Strasburg CUSD 5
Strasburg
10
$33,479.26
$3,009.04
$30,465.27
$4.95
29
Altamont Community Unit School District 10
Altamont
16
$4,288.43
$2,017.76
$2,238.72
$31.95
30
Robinson Community Unit School District 2
Robinson
33
$213,523.50
$1,659.96
$211,834.51
$29.03
31
Edgar County CUSD 6
Chrisman
3
$3,175.89
$1,351.42
$1,824.47
32
Oakland Community Unit School District 5
Oakland
8
$1,276.74
$1,276.74
33
South Eastern Special Educ
Sainte Marie
3
$1,212.06
$1,210.69
$1.37
34
North Clay Community Unit School District 25
Louisville
5
$753.27
$752.43
$0.84
35
Oblong Community Unit School District 4
Oblong
9
$731.21
$727.78
$3.43
36
Windsor Community Unified School District 1
Windsor
5
$595.01
$594.00
$1.01
37
Dieterich Community Unit School District 30
Dieterich
2
$567.92
$567.79
$0.13
38
Palestine Community Unit School District 3
Palestine
10
$316.72
$303.76
$12.96
39
Paris Cooperative High School
Paris
4
$258.15
$253.52
$4.63
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