And the States Employment Board (SEB), made up of five politicians who oversee States workers pay and conditions, has unanimously agreed to forgo the pay rise.
School board members unanimously approved last month the suspension without pay of former freshman baseball and boys and girls varsity soccer coach Michael Divincenzo, another defendant in the suit.
The issue of wages has dominated the conference, with unions voting unanimously on Tuesday to back co-ordinated strike action against public sector pay freezes.
Appeal judges unanimously ruled the council had failed to establish that the deputy judge's ruling on the 1970 Equal Pay Act was wrong or in any way flawed.