Vol, 7, No. 5: February 4, 2008		Get SEAchange by email

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2. Open enrollment application period begins

Wisconsin’s open enrollment application period for the 2008-09 school year will be held Feb. 4-22.

“Open enrollment provides an important option that enhances parental involvement and supports our shared responsibility to educate children,” said State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster in announcing the three-week open enrollment application period.

February’s open enrollment application period is the only tuition-free opportunity for most parents to apply for their children to attend public school in a school district other than the one in which they live. Parents must apply during the application period to the school district they wish their children to attend. Early and late applications are not accepted.

For the first time, parents will have the opportunity to apply on-line directly from the open enrollment website. The on-line application will be available from midnight Feb. 4 until 4 p.m. on Feb. 22. Paper applications can be downloaded from the main open enrollment website or obtained from any public school district. Open enrollment deadlines are firm, and hand-delivery of paper application forms to the nonresident school district is strongly recommended.

To assist parents in submitting open enrollment applications, a directory of public school districts is available on the DPI website.

Since the 1998-99 school year, the first year of the program, participation in open enrollment has grown from 2,464 students transferring to another school district to 23,406 during the 2006-07 school year.

Parents will be informed by April 11 whether their open enrollment applications have been approved or denied.

More information is also available in a DPI news release.

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Last updated on 2/4/2008