DFA Intermediate-Term Municipal Bond Portfolio

DFA Intermediate-Term Municipal Bond Portfolio

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The investment objective of the DFA Intermediate-Term Municipal Bond Portfolio (the "Portfolio") is to seek to provide current income that is exempt from federal personal income tax.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):  

Shareholder Fees - (USD $)	DFA Intermediate-Term Municipal Bond Portfolio Institutional Class
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses -		DFA Intermediate-Term Municipal Bond Portfolio Institutional Class
Management Fee		0.20%
Other Expenses	[1]	0.15%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.35%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement or (Recovery)	[2]	0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement or (Recovery)		0.23%

Example

This Example is meant to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio's operating expenses remain the same. The costs for the Portfolio reflect the net expenses of the Portfolio that result from the contractual expense waiver in the first year only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example - (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years
DFA Intermediate-Term Municipal Bond Portfolio Institutional Class	24	100

Portfolio Turnover

The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Portfolio shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio's performance. Because the Portfolio is new, information about portfolio turnover rate is not yet available.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the "Advisor") believes that fixed income investing should involve a long term view and a systematic focus on bond market risk and return, not on interest rate forecasting or market timing.

In constructing an investment portfolio, the Advisor identifies a broadly diversified universe of eligible securities with precisely defined maturity ranges and credit quality characteristics. The Advisor will then seek to purchase a broad and diverse portfolio of securities meeting these credit quality standards. The Advisor also places priority on efficiently managing portfolio turnover and keeping trading costs low.

The Portfolio seeks its investment objective by investing primarily in a universe of investment grade municipal securities, the interest on which is exempt from regular federal income tax. Municipal securities include bonds, notes, commercial paper and other instruments (including participation interests in such securities) issued by or on behalf of the states, territories and possessions of the United States (including the District of Columbia) and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities. The interest on the municipal securities purchased by the Portfolio, in the opinion of bond counsel for the issuers, is exempt from federal income tax (i.e., excludable from gross income for individuals for federal income tax purposes but not necessarily exempt from state or local taxes). As a fundamental investment policy, under normal market conditions, the Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities that pay interest exempt from federal income tax. The Portfolio does not currently intend to invest its assets in securities whose interest is subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.

Generally, the Portfolio will acquire obligations that mature more than three years from the date of settlement. Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of more than three years but less than ten years. If a security has been redeemed by the issuer at a date prior to the stated final maturity date for the purposes of the above maturity restriction, the early redemption date shall be considered the maturity date regardless of the stated final maturity.

At least 75% of the assets of the Portfolio will be invested in municipal securities that, at the time of purchase, are rated in the top three credit-rating categories (e.g., Aaa, Aa and A for Moody's Investor's Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or AAA, AA and A for Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") or AAA, AA and A for Fitch Ratings Ltd. ("Fitch")). No more than 25% of the Portfolio's assets will be invested in municipal securities that, at the time of purchase, are rated Baa or lower (by Moody's) or BBB or lower (by S&P or Fitch) or that are unrated. Securities rated lower than Baa3 (by Moody's) or BBB- (by S&P or Fitch) are securities rated below investment grade.

The Portfolio may (1) purchase certain municipal securities that are insured, (2) invest in municipal securities secured by mortgages on single-family homes and multi-family projects, (3) invest in pre-refunded municipal securities, (4) purchase tax-exempt municipal securities on a "when-issued" basis, and (5) use bond (interest rate) futures and options contracts, credit swaps, interest rate swaps and other types of derivatives to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as futures contracts and options on futures contracts, to gain market exposure on its uninvested cash pending investment in securities or to maintain liquidity to pay redemptions.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

Market Risk: Even a long-term investment approach cannot guarantee a profit. Economic, political, and issuer-specific events will cause the value of securities, and the Portfolio that owns them, to rise or fall. Because the value of your investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, there is the risk that you will lose money.

Interest Rate Risk: Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risk because the prices of fixed income securities tend to move in the opposite direction of interest rates. When interest rates rise, fixed income security prices fall. When interest rates fall, fixed income security prices rise. In general, fixed income securities with longer maturities are more sensitive to these price changes.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security may be unable to make interest payments and/or repay principal when due. A downgrade to an issuer's credit rating or a perceived change in an issuer's financial strength may affect a security's value, and thus, impact the Portfolio's performance. Credit risk is greater for fixed income securities with ratings below investment grade (BB or below by S&P or Ba or below by Moody's). Fixed income securities that are below investment grade involve high credit risk and are considered speculative. Below investment grade fixed income securities may also fluctuate in value more than higher quality fixed income securities and, during periods of market volatility, may be more difficult to sell at the time and price the Portfolio desires.

Income Risk: Income risk is the risk that falling interest rates will cause the Portfolio's income to decline.

Tax Liability Risk: Tax liability risk is the risk that distributions by the Portfolio become taxable to shareholders as ordinary income due to noncompliant conduct by a municipal bond issuer, unfavorable changes in federal or state tax laws, or adverse interpretations of tax laws by the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities. Such adverse interpretations or actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable, possibly retroactively, subjecting, shareholders to increased tax liability. In addition, such adverse interpretations or actions could cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the Portfolio's shares, to decline.

Derivatives: Derivatives are instruments, such as futures contracts, whose value is derived from that of other securities or indices. Derivatives can be used for hedging (attempting to reduce risk by offsetting one investment position with another) or non-hedging purposes. Hedging with derivatives may increase expenses, and there is no guarantee that a hedging strategy will work. While hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains. The use of derivatives for non-hedging purposes may be considered more speculative than other types of investments. When the Portfolio uses derivatives, the Portfolio will be directly exposed to the risks of those derivatives. Derivative securities are subject to a number of risks including liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, and the risk of improper valuation. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested.

PERFORMANCE

Performance information is not available for the Portfolio because it has not yet commenced operations. Updated performance information for the Portfolio can be obtained in the future by visiting www.dimensional.com.

[1] The is a new portfolio, so the "Other Expenses" shown are based on anticipated fees and expenses for the current fiscal year.

[2] Pursuant to an Amended and Restated Fee Waiver and/or Expense Assumption Agreement for the Portfolio, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and assume the ordinary operating expenses of a class of the Portfolio (excluding expenses the Portfolio incurs indirectly through investment in other investment companies and excluding any applicable 12b-1 fees) ("Portfolio Expenses") to the extent necessary to limit the Portfolio Expenses of a class of the Portfolio, on an annualized basis, to 0.23% of the average net assets of a class of the Portfolio (the "Expense Limitation Amount"). At any time that the Portfolio Expenses of a class of the Portfolio are less than the Expense Limitation Amount of a class of the Portfolio, the Advisor retains the right to seek reimbursement for fees previously waived and/or expenses previously assumed to the extent that such reimbursement will not cause the annualized Portfolio Expenses for such class of the Portfolio to exceed the Expense Limitation Amount. The Portfolio is not obligated to reimburse the Advisor for fees previously waived by the Advisor more than thirty-six months before the date of such reimbursement. The Amended and Restated Fee Waiver and/or Expense Assumption Agreement for the Portfolio will remain in effect through February 28, 2013, and may not be terminated by the Advisor prior to that date.