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What is Open Enrollment?
The open enrollment program allows parents to apply for their children to attend public school in a school district other than the one in which they reside. Any Wisconsin resident in 4K to grade 12 may apply to attend a nonresident school district under the open enrollment program.
Parents normally apply for open enrollment for the following school year during a three-month application period which begins February 3rd and ends on the last weekday in April.
Students who have applied for open enrollment in the past and are attending the Baldwin-Woodville Area School District under open enrollment do not need to reapply at any point during their educational career.
As required by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the Baldwin-Woodville Area School District, at its regular January Board meeting, reviewed class sizes and determined that for the 2025-2026 school year the following sections are full and no NEW open enrollment applications will be approved for the school year: All Special Education services.
This does not apply to students that are currently open enrolled into Baldwin-Woodville Schools, only NEW open enrollments.
YOU MAY APPLY FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR THE
2025 - 2026 SCHOOL YEAR
FROM FEBRUARY 3 - APRIL 30, 2025
OPEN ENROLLMENT APPLICATION
Open Enrollment Outside of the Open Enrollment Application Period - On or after July 1, 2025
Situations arise for which students may wish to open enroll at times other than during the open enrollment window. 2011 Act 114 established a procedure by which parents may apply for open enrollment outside of the regular application period. There are seven circumstances under which a parent may apply for an exception (alternative application) to open enrollment:
- The student's resident school district determines that the student is a victim of a violent crime.
- The student is or has been homeless in the current or preceding school year.
- The student has been the victim of repeated bullying or harassment that has been reported to the resident school district and continues in spite of action taken.
- The student's place of residence has changed due to the parents' military orders.
- The student moved into this state within the past 30 days.
- The student's place of residence has changed as a result of a court order or custody agreement, or the student was placed in a foster home or with a person other than the student's parent, or removed from a foster home or the home of a person other than the student's parent.
- The student's parents and the nonresident and resident school districts agree that attending the nonresident school district is in the best interest of the student.
For more information and to complete the PI-9421 form go to Open Enrollment Alternative Application
If a pupil moves from one school district to another school district, the pupil’s resident school district changes as a result. In most cases, the pupil enrolls and attends school in the new resident school district. However, often the pupil wishes continue to attend the former school district. The pupil may do so under either a “tuition waiver due to a move” or public school open enrollment or both.
For more information and to complete the PI-9419-B form go to Current Year Tuition Waiver.
Other Open Enrollment Information
Parents of open enrolled students are responsible to provide transportation to and from school in the nonresident school district. The nonresident school district is prohibited from picking up or dropping off a pupil within the boundaries of the pupil’s resident school district unless the resident school district agrees.
Low-income parents may apply to the DPI for reimbursement of a portion of their transportation costs. Parents may indicate on their open enrollment application form that they intend to apply for reimbursement. Shortly after the beginning of the school term, DPI will send information about how to file a claim. If a parent did not request reimbursement at the time of applying for open enrollment, the parent should contact DPI for information about filing a claim.
Listed below are the new deadlines impacted by this act’s passage.
- April 30 – The open enrollment regular application period ends at 4:00pm.
- June 06 – The nonresident district must notify parents of approval/denial. The notice must be in writing, which can be sent via email, and include the reason for denial. Approvals must include school assignment.
- June 13 – The resident district must notify parents if application is denied (notification of approval is optional). The notice must be in writing, which can be sent via email and must include the reason for denial.
- June 27 – Parents must notify the nonresident district of intent to attend. If a notice is not provided, the nonresident district may determine the pupil cannot attend.
- Parents whose applications are denied may appeal to the DPI within 30 days of the denial.
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