From:	Bormett, Michael  R.   DPI
Sent:	Monday, September 12, 2016 1:03 PM
To:	Bormett, Michael  R.   DPI
Subject:	Remaining 2015-16 Alternative Applications

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators

From – Mike Bormett, Open Enrollment Consultant

Subject – 2015-16 Alternative Applications

It has come to our attention that some districts may still be sitting on 2015-16 alternative applications that 
were submitted on or before June 30, 2016 and have not entered them in OPAL and/or took action to 
approve or deny.

State law requires districts to immediately enter any alternative application in OPAL and to provide a 
written decision to the parent no later than 20 days after receiving the application.

If you have any of these leftover 2015-16 alternative applications, you must still enter them into OPAL 
this week in order for the final 2015-16 open enrollment data and financial transaction information to be 
accurate. 

Since OPAL has rolled over to the 2016-17 school year, it is no longer possible for districts to enter 2015-
16 alternative applications in the 2015-16 school year. Therefore, you will need to use the following 
workaround: We ask that you go into OPAL and enter these alternative applications. They will show up 
now as 2016-17 applications. However, our programmer will go into OPAL and move them back to 2015-
16 behind the scenes. Please let us know when these applications have been entered, including the 
students’ names.

Thank you for your timely cooperation, 

Mike Bormett
School Administration Consultant
Public School Open Enrollment
WI Department of Public Instruction
608-267-9101 or 888-245-2732, option 2
http://dpi.wi.gov/oe