Public School Choice Statutes, Rules, and Court Decisions

Public School Open Enrollment

OPEN ENROLLMENT STATUTES, ADMINISTRATIVE RULES,
AND COURT DECISIONS

State Statutes 118.51 - Full Time Public School Open Enrollment State Statutes 118.52 - Part Time Public School Open Enrollment

Selected Special Education Statutes - Related to Open Enrollment and Tuition Waivers

Other Statutes - Affected by Public School Open Enrollment and Tuition Waivers

Administrative Rules (PDF format). To view documents with a "PDF" indication, users must have a Portable Document Format (PDF) reader installed and configured on their web browser. The Acrobat Reader is free and available at Adobe's web site.

State Statute 121.84 (tuition waivers) as amended by 1999 Wisconsin Act 117

New Wisconsin Acts concerning open enrollment: 1999 Wisconsin Act 117, tuition waivers, parent-paid tuition, development of IEPs for open enrolled students, open enrollment for 4-year-old kindergarten. 1999 Wisconsin Act 118, limiting to three the number of nonresident school districts to which a student may apply in one application period.

Court Decisions Affecting Open Enrollment: Order of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, in Doe v. Burmaster, re calculation of open enrollment special education costs Court of Appeals decision in McMorrow v. DPI will curtail school districts' ability to grant guarantees to continuing students and siblings when school districts have determined that space is not available. To view the PDF decision, click here.

For questions about this information, contact Mary J. Cleaver (608) 267-9101

Last updated on 2/26/2008 2:59:31 PM