School Financial Services
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School Financial Services
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Accounting, Auditing and Financial Management
- Aid Payments
- Aids Register
- Audit Requirements
- Budget and Adoption
- CESA Annual Report Information
- County Children with Disability Education Board (CCDEB)
- Debt Reporting Information
- Funds
- Property Value
- PSCP, SNSP & ICS Impacts
- School District Fund Balance Policy
- Standard Tuition
- Wisconsin Uniform Financial Accounting Requirements (WUFAR)
- State/Federal Aid and Grant Programs
- Counting Children
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Reporting to SFS
- Referenda Information
- WISEdata Finance and WiSFiP
- School Finance Reporting Portals
- Additional Reporting Instructions
- Chapter 220 Membership Reporting
- School Level Reporting per Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- School Calendar - Days and Hours of Instruction
- PI-1500 District Contacts Report
- CESA Annual Reports
- Revenue Limits
- Calendars and Communication
- Statistical
- Presentations and Tutorials
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School District Support
- Pupil Transportation
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School District Reorganization
- Detachment and Attachment of Territories
- School District Consolidation
- Dissolution of a School District
- Creating a New School District
- Territory Annexed to Certain Municipalities
- School District Boundary Dispute Resolution
- Forms and Templates
- History and Orders
- Glossary of School District Reorganization Terms
- School Operations
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Accounting, Auditing and Financial Management
Audit Requirements
Overview
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has the statutory responsibility to prescribe financial and membership audit requirements. In fulfilling this responsibility, DPI cooperates closely with auditees and the independent auditors. This page has been established as an additional means to provide relevant information concerning auditing to interested parties.
Audit Manual
The Wisconsin School District Audit Manual serves as an appendix of the State Single Audit Guidelines to provide additional auditing and program-specific compliance requirements for DPI funding.
The Wisconsin School District Audit Manual also establishes auditing and program-specific compliance requirements for Wisconsin Public School Districts (Districts), Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, County Children with Disability Education Boards, and independently authorized charter schools that receive funding from the DPI but do not meet the single audit federal expenditure threshold.
Auditor Listserv
Join the Listserv for CPA Firms Auditing Wisconsin School Districts and CESAs.
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The School Finance Team Auditor mailing list is designed to facilitate timely and interactive electronic communication among the School Financial Services Team (SFS) at DPI and the public accounting firms that audit school districts, CESAs and other local education agencies. The SFS Team uses this list to send out routine correspondence, audit alerts, notices of major additions to our website.
Membership Audits
Membership audits are required by Wis. Stat. §115.28(18) for at least 25 percent of school districts each year. See Membership Audit Information page for details.
Auditors
- Listing of Auditors - updated January 2026
Please contact one of the School Financial Team Auditors located on the Staff Directory for changes or updates to the Listing of Auditors.