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Fall BIM 25

We encourage you to attend a meeting this fall to learn about your TRS benefits even if retirement is many years away. TRS will host statewide Benefit Information Meetings and webinars for active TRS members from September through early November that are designed to explain the TRS benefit structure, including retirement, disability, death benefits and an overview of the TRS Supplemental Savings Plan. The retirement process, health insurance benefits and post-retirement employment will also be discussed. 

TRS is offering both in-person and virtual meetings this year. Both schedules are below.

2025 In-Person Benefit Information Meeting Schedule

Registration is not required. 

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Event Date
(Held @ 4:30 p.m.)
City Location
Thurs., Sept. 4 Geneva Geneva Community HS Auditorium, 416 McKinley Ave. 
Thurs., Sept. 4 Oak Lawn Richards HS Cafeteria, 10601 Central Ave.
Tues., Sept. 9 LaGrange Lyons Township HS North Campus - Rm. 140, 100 S. Brainard Ave.
Wed., Sept. 10 Plainfield Troy MS Auditorium, 5800 W. Theodore St., enter through door 1
Wed., Sept. 10 Chicago Heights SPEED S.E.J.A. Dist. #802 IND Elementary Gym Rm., 1125 S. Division St.
Thurs., Sept. 11 Arlington Heights Dunton School Multi-purpose Rm., 1200 S. Dunton Ave.
Tues., Sept. 16 Yorkville Dist. 115 Administration Ctr Conference Rm., 800 Game Farm Rd.
Tues., Sept. 16 Elgin District U-46 Welcome Center Rm. C100, 1019 E. Chicago St.
Wed., Sept. 17 Naperville Naperville Central HS Little Theater, 440 Aurora Ave., use east entrance
Wed., Sept. 17 Edwardsville Edwardsville HS Auditorium, 6161 Center Grove Rd.
Thurs., Sept. 18 Vernon Hills Vernon Hills HS Studio Theatre, 145 Lakeview Pkwy.
Thurs., Sept. 18 Belleville Belleville East HS - East PAC, 2555 W. Blvd.
Thurs., Sept. 18 Mattoon Williams Elementary Cafetorium, 1709 S. 9th St.
Wed., Sept. 24 Belvidere Belvidere North HS - Forum Rm., 9393 Beloit Rd.
Wed., Sept. 24 DeKalb D428 Education Center Board Rm., 901 S. 4th St.
Wed., Sept. 24 Macomb Macomb Senior HS Library, 1525 S. Johnson St.
Thurs., Sept 25 Tinley Park Tinley Park HS Audion, 6111 W. 175th St.
Thurs., Sept 25 Northbrook Glenbrook North HS Performing Arts Ctr., 2300 Shermer Rd.
Tues., Sept. 30 Lemont Lemont HS Board Rm., 800 Porter St., enter through double doors on Porter St., parking available across from school
Tues., Sept. 30 Crystal Lake Crystal Lake Central HS Theater, 45 W. Franklin Ave.
Wed., Oct. 1 Downers Grove Downers Grove South HS Auditorium, 1436 Norfolk St.
Wed., Oct. 1 Dixon Reagan MS Cafeteria, 620 Division St.
Wed., Oct. 1 Jacksonville Jacksonville HS Cafeteria, 1211 N. Diamond St.
Thurs., Oct. 2 Decatur Stephen Decatur MS Auditorium, 1 Educational Park
Tues., Oct 7 Grayslake University Center Lecture Rm. 145 - College of Lake Co. Campus, 1200 University Ctr. Dr.
Wed., Oct. 8 Bradley Bradley-Bourbonnais HS Auditorium, 700 W. North St.
Wed., Oct. 8 Mahomet Mahomet-Seymour HS Auditorium, 302 W. State St.
Wed., Oct. 8 East Peoria E. Peoria Community HS - The Commons, 1401 E. Washington Dr.
Thurs., Oct. 9 Aurora Crouse Education Ctr., 780 Shoreline Dr.
Thurs., Oct. 9 Barrington Barrington 220 District Office Board Rm., 515 W. Main St.
Thurs., Oct. 9 Springfield Southeast HS Auditorium, 2350 E. Ash St.
Tues., Oct. 14 Effingham Effingham HS - Office Conference Rm., 1301 W. Grove
Wed., Oct. 15 Algonquin District 300 Central Office Board Rm., 2550 Harnish Dr.
Wed., Oct. 15 Des Plaines Maine West HS Rm. E-105, 1755 S. Wolf Rd.
Wed., Oct. 15 Marion Marion HS Auditorium, 1700 Wildcat Rd.
Thurs., Oct. 16 Freeport Freeport ROE Office #8 - Ste. 101, 27 S. State Ave.
Thurs., Oct. 16 Pinckneyville Pinckneyville HS Media Center, 600 E. Water St.
Thurs., Oct. 16 Rockford Roosevelt Community Ed. Center, Auditorium Rm. 130, 978 Haskell Ave.
Tues., Oct. 21 Warrenville Hubble MS Auditorium, 3S600 Herrick Rd.
Tues., Oct. 21 Vandalia Vandalia Community HS, 1109 N. 8th St.
Tues., Oct. 21 Normal Normal Community West HS Cafeteria, 501 N. Parkside Rd.
Wed., Oct. 22 Schaumburg Schaumburg HS - Rm. 200, 1100 W. Schaumburg Rd., enter through door 1
Wed., Oct. 22 LaSalle LaSalle-Peru HS Auditorium, 541 Chartes St.
Wed., Oct. 22 Kewanee Kewanee HS - Foyer, 1101 E. 3rd St.
Thurs., Oct. 23 Joliet Joliet Central HS Auditorium, 201 E. Jefferson St.
Thurs., Oct. 23 Monmouth Monmouth-Roseville HS Auditorium, 200 SE St.
Tues., Oct. 28 Morris Morris HS Auditorium, 1000 Union St.
Wed., Oct. 29 Aurora Aurora West HS Library, 1201 W. New York St.
Wed., Oct. 29 McHenry McHenry HS-Upper Campus - Warrior Rm., 4724 W. Crystal Lake Rd., use north parking lot and enter at Door 25
Wed., Oct. 29 Moline Moline HS, 3600 Avenue of the Cities
Thurs., Oct. 30 Pontiac Pontiac Junior HS - Commons, 600 N. Morrow St.
Tues., Nov. 4 Olney Richland County HS Auditorium, 1200 E. Laurel St.
Wed., Nov. 5 Centralia Centralia HS Cafetorium, 2100 E. Calumet
Thurs., Nov. 6 Evanston Evanston Township HS Rm. A-252, 1600 Dodge Ave.
Thurs., Nov. 6 Fairfield Fairfield Community HS, 3rd Fl. Multipurpose Rm., 300 W. King St.
Thurs., Nov. 6 Rock Falls Rock Falls MS Cafeteria, 1701 12th Ave.
Wed., Nov. 12 Chatham Chatham District Office - Board Rm., 1475 E. Plummer Blvd.

2025 Virtual Benefit Information Meeting Schedule

Registration is required and limited.

Tier 1

Tier 1 members first contributed to TRS before Jan. 1, 2011 or have pre-existing creditable service with a reciprocal pension system prior to Jan. 1, 2011.

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Event Date
(Held @ 4:30 p.m.)
Tier 1 Registration Link
Mon., Sept. 8 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jFlrJYS0QWG8c0xVV-0v0w 
Mon., Sept. 15 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zfe1FHMlTQGjQtz5gcAYsA 
Thurs., Sept. 25 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TQ_DbL_VQ1KXQirDvmzxpw 
Mon., Sept. 29 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wB2EwTejR0KPL7MGNDSKOQ
Mon., Oct. 20 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U2pqLYXtTDKm9VeR28x-vQ
Mon., Oct. 27 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1xEvfFQ2R1iJdwckmu1How 
Tues., Nov. 18 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qvkYkRujQn60tWu3YrpHcw 

 

Tier 2 

Tier 2 members first contributed to TRS on or after Jan. 1, 2011 and have no pre-existing creditable service with a reciprocal pension system prior to Jan. 1, 2011.

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Event Date
(Held @ 4:30 p.m.)
Tier 2 Registration Link
Wed., Sept. 10 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2SimIHtDTkWlvthrKo7uUQ 
Mon., Oct. 6 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RVlBTFtPSMSnEQWWp5ADcQ 
Wed., Nov. 5 https://trsil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7DqJVknkSoSXkxybZCO1qw