Brown v. Alabama State Board of Education

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This case involves an interpretation of Act 85-796, Teacher Pay Raise Act, and was transferred to this court by the supreme court; therefore, we now exercise jurisdiction. Branch v. Greene County Board of Education, 533 So.2d 248 (Ala.Civ.App.1988).

Appellants are Alabama public school teachers who filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the State Superintendent of Education’s and the State Board of Education’s interpretation and application of the Act as to the entitlement to the additional ten percent pay raise. The trial court, after a…