From:	Danfield, Jennifer L.  DPI
Sent:	Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1:16 PM
To:	Danfield, Jennifer L.  DPI
Subject:	Procedures for Entering a Pupil's Partial SPED Information into OPAL

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Jen Danfield, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – Procedures for Entering a Pupil’s Partial SPED Information into OPAL
 
During a school year, an open enrolled pupil may receive special education services for part of 
the year and receive no special education services for part of the year (partial SPED).  In these 
situations, the nonresident district needs to indicate how many days the pupil attended as a 
non-SPED pupil and as a SPED pupil, because there are two different open enrollment aid 
amounts used to calculate the payment. 

The attachment below shows two examples of pupils who are partial SPED and partial non-
SPED during the school year.  These examples provide you the step by step process on how to 
report the SPED and non-SPED information in OPAL. 

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

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