From:	DPI Open Enrollment
Sent:	Tuesday, April 18, 2017 9:27 AM
To:	Danfield, Jennifer L.  DPI
Subject:	Reminder about Acting on Applications 

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Jen Danfield, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – Reminder about Acting on Applications
 
We have received a few emails from districts indicating that they have been asked to act on 
2017-18 regular applications now, which is not allowed under open enrollment statute.   

Per Wis. Stats § 118.51(3)(a)2., a nonresident school board may not act on any applications 
before May 1.  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 9th.

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