Kari Gensler Santistevan:

This report is prepared pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 118.51(15)(c), as amended in 2011 Wisconsin Act 114, which requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to: Annually submit a report to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under Wis. Stat. § 13.172(3).

The report under this paragraph shall include all of the following information:
• The number of pupils who applied to attend public school in a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment program;

• The number of applications received under the regular and alternative application procedures, and for the applications received under the alternative application procedure, the number of applications received under each of the criteria listed under the alternative application procedure;

• The number of applications denied and the bases for the denials;

• The number of pupils attending public school in a nonresident school district under the open enrollment program. The department shall specify, separately, the number of pupils attending public school in a nonresident school district whose applications were accepted under the regular application procedure and the alternative application procedure, and for the applications submitted under the alternative application procedures, the number of pupils attending under each of the criteria listed under the alternative application procedure.

The report covers school year 2023-24.

The report was prepared by Kari Gensler Santistevan, School Administration Consultant, with assistance from Bill Evans, IS Systems Development Services Specialist; Jennifer Demrow, School Administration Consultant; and Michael Bormett, Assistant Director, Parental Education Options Team. Data for the report was gathered and compiled through the Open Enrollment Application Log (OPAL), an online application and tracking system in use since the 2008-09 school year.

Much more on Open Enrollment, here.