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Former substitute teacher Morris paid in $13K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $180K in retirement

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Former substitute teacher David Morris, who retired in January 2019, saved $13,495 toward a pension over 6 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Morris would collect as much as $179,726, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Morris received $3,777 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Morris will have already received $15,801 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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