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Friday, May 23, 2025

Former state school employee Kruizenga paid in $37K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.42M in retirement

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Former state school employee Debra Kruizenga, who retired in May 2016, saved $36,983 toward a pension over 18 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kruizenga would collect as much as $1.42 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Kruizenga received $29,827 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Kruizenga will have already received $60,549 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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