The Division for Management and Budget of the Dept. of Public Instruction (WIHV86-A116) provides administrative and staff services to the state superintendent and the operating divisions of the department, including financial management, audit, and fiscal systems; legal services; personnel and employment relations; affirmative action; fleet and general office services; word processing services; federal civil rights compliance; management systems and policy development; evaluation services; systems and data processing services; and publications and public information services. The division also is responsible for development of the department biennial budget, administrative rules coordination, bill analyses and fiscal note preparation, maintenance of education statistics, and assistance to local school districts in race desegregation and sex equity.
This division has been previously known as: Assistant Superintendent, Administrative Services; Division of Administration and Staff Services; and the Division for Management, Planning, and Federal Services. Specific functions and duties, however, have changed over time. In the Wisconsin State Archives' database this form of the name is used for all records, 1950 to the present.