Legal Opinion
Connelly v. Steel Valley School District
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 24, 2013No. 11-4206PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this appeal is whether a Pennsylvania public school district violates the Constitution when it sets teacher salaries based, in part, on prior instate teaching experience. We hold it does not.
I
In September 2006, the Steel Valley School District hired Patrick Connelly as a sixth grade teacher. Steel Valley pays its teachers pursuant to a salary scale based on their education and years of experience. At the time he was hired, Connelly had nine years of teaching experience — all in Maryland. Because Connelly acquired his…
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