School Financial Services New Business Administrator Homepage

Welcome

Welcome to the New School District Finance Administrator TEST website! Our specific target audience is the new public school business administrator, bookkeeper, or superintendent with financial responsibilities; however, anyone new to the school finance arena can benefit from this information.

The School Financial Services (SFS) team provides many resources to help new business administrators through their first few years. One of the most valuable tools a new administrator will use is the SFS website. While the main SFS Website contains vast amounts of information for public school finance managers, the volume of data, complexity of the profession, and steep learning curve suggested the need for a more basic, user-friendly, sequential website where information is organized and disseminated when districts are most likely to need or be looking for it. The SFS team also presents at many meetings and seminars throughout the State, develops internet tutorials and media-site presentations that provide instruction and information, and communicates important financial information via a weekly listserv message. We suggest you identify your many resources, as they will be a valuable support system for you.

We are continually looking to improve our service to districts, so please contact us with any suggestions you may have.

Staff: School Financial Services Team Directory/Staff Assignments

Email: dpifin@dpi.wi.gov

Phone: (608) 267-9114 Fax: (608) 266-2840

General Information Links

• Join Our Listserv ! - Sign up to receive timely, weekly notification and reminders of upcoming school finance-related deadlines and activities.
• Join Our New Finance Administrator Listserv ! - New Administrator Listserv members will receive the same bulletins as do the main listserv members, except that topics are explained in greater detail.
• Late Breaking Information - A listing of the recent developments and information releases relating to school finance. Check this webpage often!
• Calendars, Important Dates to Remember - Calendar-style listing of important dates.
  
• School Finance Reporting Portal - Website portal to collect almost all of the school finance-related reports due to DPI.
• Tutorials - Powerpoint presentations with voice-over narrative addressing specific school finance-related topics such as membership and membership audits.
• Webcast Presentations - Pre-taped video presentations addressing many school finance topics such as Days and Hours of Instruction, Common School Fund, Summer School Fees, Revenue Limit, Equalization Aid, Special Education Accounting, Membership, and many more.
• Webcast Powerpoint - WUFAR Basics, WUFAR Basics Part 2, WUFAR Basics Part 3.
• Upcoming DPI Webcast Presentations - Upcoming live webcast presentations addressing school finance topics.
• Fiscal Year-At-A-Glance - Links to Word documents (one per each month) containing resource information on topics we'd expect you to be encountering in a district finance office during that specific month including: 1.) reports due at DPI; 2.) information relating to activities and project you are working on; and, 3.) related links to finance topics and management issues you need to know to do your job effectively.
• District-Specific Data (Coming Soon!) - Finance information and graphs specific to YOUR district: 1.) detailed listing of the DPI SFS finance-related reports collected from your district, including the individual report status, due date, and official date submitted; 2.) longitudinal finance data graphs displaying your district trends; and 3.) data listings of finance information reported by your district.

For questions about this information, contact dpifin@dpi.wi.gov (608) 267-9114

Last updated on 2/25/2008 12:04:13 PM