Over 30 years of retirement, Lee would collect as much as $5.15 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Lee received $108,238 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Lee will have already received $219,723 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.