Over 30 years of retirement, Hancock would collect as much as $411,651, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes SE Illinois News.
The projection assumes Hancock received $8,652 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Hancock will have already received $36,197 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.