This volume continues the series that for 29 consecutive years has given a concise reference to the latest court decisions affecting the operation of elementary and secondary schools in the United States. This "yearbook" summarizes and analyzes all of last year's state appellate court and federal court decisions and holdings that affect schools, as well as other significant school law decisions of record. 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. The 1979 edition includes all cases relevant to public school education decided during the 1978 calendar year and reported in West's "General Digest," up to and including the March 1979 issue, as well as any 1977 cases that were not reported in the 1978 edition of this yearbook. Separate chapters deal with educational governance, employees, bargaining, pupils, torts, finance, and property. (Author/IRT)