From:	DPI Open Enrollment
Sent:	Wednesday, April 10, 2019 12:48 PM
To:	Demrow, Jennifer   DPI
Subject:	Reminder about Acting on Applications Submitted During the Regular Application Period

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Jen Demrow, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – Reminder about Acting on Applications Submitted During the Regular Application 
Period
 
As a reminder, a nonresident school board may not act on any applications before May 1 [see 
Wis. Stats § 118.51(3)(a)2]. If you have sent out any denial letters before May 1, they are not 
valid. You will need to send parents a new denial letter after May 1.  

This also means that you cannot enter any approval or denial decisions into OPAL until May 1st. 
If you have already entered a decision into OPAL, it is too late to undo that, but please refrain 
from entering any decisions until May 1st at the earliest. Nonresident districts are required to 
send out approval and denial notices to parents no later than June 7th. Resident districts are 
required to send out denial notices to parents no later than June 14th. 

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