Sent:	Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:55 PM
 
To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Mary Jo Cleaver, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – 2nd Friday in January Reporting in OPAL Should Be Completed On or Before January 20
  
The 2nd Friday in January tab in OPAL allows nonresident school districts to notify resident districts of those students 
who are attending the nonresident school district under open enrollment on the 2nd Friday in January.   School 
districts are required to submit their membership reports to the state aids team on or before January 27.  
Therefore, nonresident districts must complete the 2nd Friday in January list on or before January 20, in order to 
allow resident school districts to submit their membership reports on time.  
 
A student should be reported as OE on the 2nd Friday in January list if the student has been continuously OE in the 
nonresident school district since the 3rd Friday in September and is in attendance as an OE student on the 2nd Friday 
in January.  If the student is not in attendance on the 2nd Friday in January, the student is reported as open enrolled 
if the student has been continuously open enrolled since the third Friday in September and if the student attends 
the nonresident district under OE at least one day after the 2nd Friday in January.   
 
IMPORTANT:  The 2nd Friday list in OPAL is provided as a convenience to facilitate communication between school 
districts for the 2nd Friday count.   The 2nd Friday count is not used in any way to calculate OE payments.   Thus, it is 
essential that the student be correctly reported on the 3rd Friday in September and that students who withdraw are 
reported on the Withdraw Student tab.   
 
This tab contains the names of students who are on the All Students list.  This means that it includes some students 
who were not reported as OE on the 3rd Friday in September.   Only students who were reported as OE on the 3rd 
Friday in September and are still OE should be reported as OE on the 2nd Friday in January.    
 
Once the nonresident district has made its entries, the resident district should go into the list and Agree or 
Disagree.   If the resident district Disagrees, an email will be sent to the nonresident district.  The districts must then 
consult and resolve the issue.  
 
Since additional year tuition waivers are not in OPAL, nonresident districts must report the names of AYTW students 
to resident districts manually.  
 
As always, if you have any questions, please contact me or Merry Larsen (merry.larsen@dpi.wi.gov or 608-266-
2146).  
 
Mary Jo Cleaver 
Public School Open Enrollment Consultant 
Department of Public Instruction 
608-267-9101 or toll-free 888-245-2732 
fax:  608-267-9207 
email: maryjo.cleaver@dpi.wi.gov 
website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/psctoc.html