Thirteen articles on major topics facing school business officials in the 1980s are presented in this book. The titles and their authors are (1) "The Pursuit of Equity in Financing Public Education," by R. Craig Wood, Helene B. Jones, and William L. Riley; (2) "Facilities: Major Issues Ahead," by C. William Day; (3) "Cooperative Decision Making in Budget Preparation," by Mike Miles and Ernest Richards; (4) "Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting during the 1980s--A Period of Transition," by R. J. Lewandowski; (5) "State Assistance to Financially Distressed School Districts," by Dennis L. Costerison; (6) "Office of the Future--Are School Business Officials Ready?" by Donald R. Johnson; (7) "Information Society in School District's Perspectives," by Martha Valerio; (8)"Small School District Perspective on School Business Management," by Orvin R. Clark; (9) "Large District Perspective on School Business Management," by John Peterburs; (10) "Risk Management and Insurance in the 80s," by Alan V. Bielen; (11) "Trouble Shooting Accounts Payables in the 80s," by Suzette S. Pope; (12) "Property Management," by Gerald R. Menefee; and (13) "School Bus Accident Investigation," by Charles T. Button and Watson I. Goodrich. (PGD)