General Discussion

I worked for a few years as a substitute teacher. Teachers don't pay SS. They pay into a teacher's retirement pension system. The TRS sent me a lump sum payment in 2020. It was money I had paid in. They gave it back. They took out taxes first.

To my knowledge, school districts and/or the state of Illinois do not match retirement fund payment to subs. They are happy to take something from each of our paychecks and pay it into the retirement system. However, they did give it back in a lump sum. I did not ask to be reimbursed. They did that on their own. Now SS wants to punish me for that one time lump sum payment. Illinois does not allow teachers to receive SS and TRS pensions at the same time. I need to get someone to help me with this. I will, but it might not be until next week. I have obligations already to help my mother with her mess.