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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Former state school employee Zurliene paid in $193K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $4.56M in retirement

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Former state school employee Diana Zurliene, who retired in June 2018, saved $192,775 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, Zurliene would collect as much as $4.56 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Zurliene received $95,820 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Zurliene will have already received $194,515 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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