From:	DPI Open Enrollment
Sent:	Friday, September 25, 2020 8:09 AM
To:	Demrow, Jennifer   DPI
Subject:	2020-21 3rd Friday OPAL Reporting Reminder

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Jen Demrow, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – 2020-21 3rd Friday OPAL Reporting Reminder
 
This is a reminder that the 3rd Friday in Sept list in OPAL will be locked tonight at 11:59pm.

Only the 3rd Friday in Sept tab in OPAL is going to be locked. If you want to use this list to 
indicate a pupil’s 3rd Friday status, you must do so before 11:59pm tonight.   

After this time, you can still make changes and enter a pupil’s 3rd Friday status using the Change 
Enrollment tab.  This method is also used throughout the rest of the school year to enroll 
alternative application pupils. 

**The Agree/Disagree entry by the resident district is only a communication tool for the 
districts. It is not used to determine whether or not a pupil is open enrolled and whether aid 
payments are received for the pupil. We look at what the nonresident district enters and what 
is on their Actively Open Enrolled list. That is why we encourage districts to communicate with 
each other if there is a disagreement about a pupil’s entry before clicking the “Disagree” 
button.**

As a reminder, enrolling alternative application students is a two-step process. 

Here are the steps in enrolling alternative applications: 

   Step 1:
*	Under the Alt Apps tab – All Alternative Apps – click on the blue “Enroll” button for 
the student.  
*	This will bring up a screen that asks “Are you SURE you want the following 
application enrolled as a student?” 
*	Click the “Yes, Enroll Student” button.
*	This will bring the student over to the Students – All Students Tab.

   Step 2:
*	From the Students – All Students tab, click on the student’s name.
*	Go to the Change Enrollment tab and click Edit.
*	Go to the 3rd Friday in September heading and enter:
o	SPED on 3rd Friday (Yes or No)
o	OE on 3rd Friday in September (Yes or No)
o	FTE of student
*	Go to the Partial SPED During the Year heading and select: 
o	Always, if the student was SPED on 3rd Friday
o	Never, if the student was Not SPED on 3rd Friday
*	Go to the Alternative Applications heading and enter:
o	Date of Enrollment as Alternative App – the student’s first day of instruction
o	Days of Open Enrollment as Exception – the number of instructional days 
from the student’s first day of instruction to the end of the school year
o	FTE of student 
*	Click Save.
*	This will send the mailbox request to the resident district to approve and once 
approved the student will show up in your Actively Open Enrolled Tab.

If you have any questions, please contact us at openenrollment@dpi.wi.gov or call us at 888-
245-2732, option 2.   

Jen Demrow
School Administration Consultant
Public School Open Enrollment
Department of Public Instruction
608-264-6707 or 888-245-2732, option 2, then 3
Jennifer.Demrow@dpi.wi.gov 

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