This thirty-first edition of the "Yearbook" is a comprehensive reference to recent 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 reported cases relevant to public schools decided during the 1980 calendar year as well as any 1979 cases not reported in last year's edition. The book's chapters are "Governance," by K.D. Moran; "Employees," by Joseph C. Beckham; "Bargaining," by Hugh D. Jascourt; "Pupils," by Henry S. Lufler, Jr.; "Torts," by Paul W. Thurston; "Finance," by Richard A. Rossmiller; and "Property," by Philip K. Piele. A table of all the cases referred to in the book is appended. (Author/IRT)