A 2005 law put the penalties in place to discourage districts from giving costly raises - any above 6 percent - that result in costlier pensions. While salaries are paid by districts, the state foots the bill for educators' retirement benefits.
Illinois penalizes districts for "pension spiking" by passing on the extra pension costs associated with hiking salaries in the years leading up to retirement.
Since 2005, the state has assessed more than $161 million in penalties, according to TRS data.
Southern Illinois pensions spiking penalties, 2005-present
Rank
District
City
Members
Amount Assessed
Payments Made
Waivers Granted
Written-off
Current Balance
1
Massac USD 1
Metropolis
46
$183,794.89
$46,640.33
$137,135.87
$18.69
2
Choate Mental Health Center
Anna
2
$111,431.13
$46,311.67
$65,119.46
3
Century Community Unit School District 100
Ullin
8
$37,135.43
$37,135.43
4
Meridian Community Unit School District 101
Mounds
9
$75,532.82
$36,582.11
$38,950.71
5
Cairo CUSD 1
Cairo
9
$35,077.29
$35,072.26
$5.03
6
Shawnee Community Unit School District 84
Wolf Lake
2
$25,682.77
$25,682.77
7
Cobden Unit District 17
Cobden
6
$26,757.92
$25,176.79
$1,579.00
$2.13
8
Jonesboro CCSD 43
Jonesboro
8
$99,256.56
$23,837.03
$75,418.56
$0.97
9
Anna Jonesboro Community High School District 81
Anna
4
$14,738.42
$14,737.09
$1.33
10
Egyptian Community Unit School District 5
Tamms
6
$36,299.39
$11,083.46
$25,215.93
11
Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16
Buncombe
3
$9,598.88
$9,598.88
12
Joppa-Maple Grove USD 38
Joppa
2
$9,007.91
$9,007.91
13
Dongola Unit District 66
Dongola
3
$5,659.56
$5,659.56
14
Cypress Elementary School District 64
Cypress
1
$4,023.32
$4,023.32
15
Anna Community School District No. 37 Board of Education
Anna
11
$57,099.81
$2,522.87
$54,576.94
16
Pope County CUSD 1
Golconda
4
$2,397.93
$2,397.93
17
Hardin County Community Unit School District 1
Elizabethtown
3
$9,172.34
$2,012.01
$7,160.33
18
Goreville CUSD 1
Goreville
3
$1,390.26
$1,128.11
$262.15
19
Vienna TWP HSD 133
Vienna
4
$48,186.26
$164.21
$48,021.75
$0.30
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Jonesboro Ccsd 43• Cypress School District 64 Board• Cairo Cusd 1• Joppa-Maple Grove Unit District 38 Board• Meridian Community Unit School District 101• Choate Mental Health Center• Massac Unit School District 1 Board• Century Community Unit School District 100• Shawnee Community Unit School District 84• Anna Jonesboro Community High School District 81• Pope County Community Unit School District 1• Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16• Goreville Community Unit School District 1 Board• Hardin County Community Unit School District 1• Egyptian Community Unit School District 5• Anna Community School District No. 37 Board Of Education• Dongola Unit District 66• Cobden Unit District 17
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