This report describes the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's activities and initiatives during the past 2 years and some of the major directions for the 1983-85 biennium. The department's five administrative divisions and selected corresponding subdivisions are presented as follows: (1) School Financial Resources and Management Services--(financial) aids administration, financial consultation, audits, processing sites, cost control administration, federal aid, pupil transportation, school district organization, private school liaison services, driver education, school facilities, community education, food and nutrition services, and educational opportunity program; (2) Handicapped Children and Pupil Services--performance and operation of the division, alcohol and other drug abuse, counseling and guidance, bureau for children with physical needs, Wisconsin school for the deaf; (3) Instructional Services--bureau for program development, bilingual-bicultural education programs, school improvement office, bureau for vocational education, bureau for teacher education and certification, competency-based testing, educational assessment; (4) Library Services--bureau for public and cooperative library services, bureau for instructional media and technology, bureau for interlibrary loan and resource sharing; (5) Management and Budget--personnel administration, fiscal services, policy and budget, general services, word processing systems and data processing, office of legal counsel, equal educational opportunity, and education information services. (JBM)