Gaye Shin v. Cobb County Board of Education

Plaintiffs, eleven public school teachers, have petitioned this court to review the district court’s denial of class certification. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f).

Plaintiffs sued the Cobb County Board of Education to challenge a “half-credit” system adopted in 1996 to calculate the salary for teachers with teaching experience outside of Cobb County. For every year taught outside of Cobb County, the teacher receives Hi credit in salary under the half-credit policy. Plaintiffs allege that this policy violates the United States and Georgia Constitutions, a Georgia stat ute, and general contract law.…