Bagley v. Board of Education of Seneca Community Consolidated School District No. 170

The circuit court of La Salle County awarded plaintiffs, three tenured school teachers, base salary increases passed by the defendant, the board of education of Seneca Community Consolidated School District No. 170, for the 1975-76 academic year. The appellate court, in a two-to-one decision, affirmed, holding that classification of teachers on the basis of their signing individual contracts was arbitrary, unreasonable and capricious. 83 Ill. App. 3d 247.

There is but one question for review: Under the facts of this case, are tenured teachers who refused to sign a contract of employment…