DPI Budget Overview

2008-09 Budget

Prepared by Policy and Budget Team
Department of Public Instruction
January, 2008

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) provides leadership, advocacy, and accountability for public elementary and secondary education in Wisconsin. The department's staff of professionals provide expertise in a broad range of programs and professional services to local educators, parents, citizens and communities. The DPI distributes state school aids and administers federal aids to supplement local tax resources, improve curriculum and school operations, ensure education for children with disabilities, offer professional guidance and counseling and develop school and public library resources. The DPI also administers the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WESPDHH) and the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (WCBVI), including two residential schools in Janesville and Delavan.

The department is headed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, a constitutional officer who is elected on the nonpartisan spring ballot for a term of four years. The state superintendent appoints a deputy state superintendent, an executive assistant, a special assistant, and assistant state superintendents from outside the classified service. The assistant state superintendents are responsible for administering the five operating divisions of the department.

The following provides a summary of the DPI budget and positions:

• DPI Operating Budget by Fund Source
• Total DPI Budget - All Funds
• DPI Budget - GPR Only
• DPI Budget by Fund Source
• DPI Positions by Fund Source
• GPR Positions by Location
• All DPI Positions by Location
• DPI Positions by Division
• History of DPI's Allocated Full Time Equivalency Position Totals - 2002-2009

For questions about this information, contact Loretta L. Slauson (608) 267-9127

Last updated on 10/10/2008 3:41:35 PM