Newark Teachers Assn. v. Bd. of Ed. of Newark

By resolution dated August 5, 1969 the defendant Board of Education adopted a salary schedule calling for increases in the pay of its teachers, “the effective date of both this policy and salary schedules to be the date of receipt of a proper appropriation or the receipt of funds from such other sources which may be available for the implementation of this policy.” The resolution added “that the Board of School Estimate be asked for an appropriation of $4,700,000 to implement the salary schedules.” The school budget having already been adopted for the year July 1, 1969 through June 30, 1970,…