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Monday, July 14, 2025

Former state school employee Lathrop paid in $104K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.52M in retirement

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Former state school employee Laura Lathrop, who retired in May 2018, saved $104,286 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Lathrop would collect as much as $2.52 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Lathrop received $53,030 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Lathrop will have already received $107,651 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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