From:	DPI Open Enrollment
Sent:	Monday, April 26, 2021 8:50 AM
To:	Demrow, Jennifer   DPI
Subject:	Resident District Corrections for Open Enrollment Applications

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators

From – Jen Demrow, Open Enrollment Consultant

Subject –Resident District Corrections for Open Enrollment Applications

We have been requests to change resident districts, delete open enrollment applications where 
the parent’s street address doesn’t match the resident district indicated on the application or 
the resident district wants to deny the application due to an incorrect resident district listed on 
an application submitted during the regular application period.

Please remember that the resident school district listed on the open enrollment application 
does NOT have to match the current street address. Parents may apply for open enrollment in 
anticipation of a move and they have until the 3rd Friday in September (September 17, 2021 for 
the 2021-22 school year) to establish residency in the school district. Thus, the nonresident 
district should not be requesting a change of resident district unless it has been confirmed with 
the parent/family that they will not be moving into the listed resident district for the 2021-22 
school year. 

Also, resident districts may not deny an open enrollment application just because the resident 
district does not match the street address.

Only a nonresident district may request a change of resident district on an open enrollment 
application, if it is appropriate, after the open enrollment regular application period has ended. 
In order to request a change, the nonresident district needs to send an email to the open 
enrollment mailbox (openenrollment@dpi.wi.gov) that includes the student’s name, the 
resident district named on the application, and the correct resident district. 

We do have information regarding this situation in our open enrollment FAQ document 
(https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/open-enrollment/pdf/oe-faq-5-2017.pdf) located 
on page 7, question 26 and page 8, question 30.

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
Jennifer.Demrow@dpi.wi.gov 

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