Over 30 years of retirement, Burris would collect as much as $795,213, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Burris received $16,714 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Burris will have already received $33,929 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.