Moses v. Board of Education

The petitioners, 100 in number, all of whom are women teachers in the various high schools of the city of Syracuse, claim that the board of education of that city has, contrary to the prohibition contained in section 569 of the Education Law of this State (as added by Laws of 1924, chap. 614), unlawfully discriminated against them because of their sex in the determination of the amount of salary to be paid them for the school year commencing September 1, 1925, and they bring this proceeding for a" mandamus order to compel the board of education to adopt new salary schedules for the current…