In its thirtieth year of publication, this volume is a comprehensive reference to state appellate and federal court decisions affecting the operation and governance of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States. This edition includes all cases relevant to public schools decided during the 1979 calendar year and reported in West's "General Digest," up to and including the February 1980 issue, as well as any 1978 cases not reported in last year's "yearbook." These decisions--whether they concern employees, collective bargaining, pupils, or finance--should be instructive and useful to administrators, attorneys, school board members, and others who deal with similar matters in their own schools. Separate chapters deal with governance, employees, bargaining, pupils, torts, finance, and property. (Author/JM)