From:	DPI Open Enrollment
Sent:	Tuesday, April 24, 2018 10:18 AM
To:	Danfield, Jennifer L.  DPI
Subject:	Correcting Resident Districts on Open Enrollment Applications

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators

From – Jen Danfield, Open Enrollment Consultant

Subject – Correcting Resident Districts on Open Enrollment Applications

We have been getting a lot of requests to change resident districts, delete open enrollment 
applications where the parent’s street address doesn’t match the resident district indicated on 
the application or the resident district wants to deny the application due to an incorrect 
resident district listed on the application.

Please remember that the resident school district listed on the open enrollment application 
does NOT have to match the current street address. Parents may apply for open enrollment in 
anticipation of a move and they have until 3rd Friday in September (September 21, 2018 for the 
2018-19 school year) to establish residency in the school district. Thus, districts should not be 
requesting a change of resident district unless it has been confirmed with the parent/family 
that they will not be moving into the listed resident district for 2018-19. 

Also, resident districts may not deny an open enrollment application just because the resident 
district does not match the street address.

Nonresident districts may request a change in resident district on an open enrollment 
application, if it is appropriate.

We do have information regarding this situation in our open enrollment FAQ document 
(https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/open-enrollment/pdf/oe-faq-5-2017.pdf) located 
on page 7, question 26 and page 8, question 30.

If you have any questions, please contact us at openenrollment@dpi.wi.gov or call us 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