Alternative Open Enrollment 2024-2025
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has announced the online application period for the Public School Alternative Open Enrollment Program for the 2024-2025 school year. Beginning July 1, 2024 parents and guardians can apply to send their children to any public school district in Wisconsin during the 2024-2025 school year through the alternative open enrollment program.
To assist in submitting open enrollment applications, a directory of public schools is available on DPI’s website. Additional information from an open enrollment consultant is available toll-free by calling (888)-245-2732, or email openenrollment@dpi.wi.gov Transportation to and from a nonresident school is the responsibility of the parent or guardian.
Open Enrollment
The State of Wisconsin Open Enrollment Program allows parents to apply for their children to attend a nonresident school district at no cost to them other than providing their own transportation for their students to and from school. All open enrollment begins with an application submitted on the DPI website during a three-month application period each February. There are no exceptions to this requirement for any reason and open enrollment is an option, not a guarantee. After the applications are filed, both the resident and nonresident school districts must approve the request. Parents are then notified by mail in June that their student is approved or denied to attend the nonresident school the following school year.
Wisconsin’s public school open enrollment application period runs from midnight Feb. 3, 2025, to 4:00 p.m. on April 30, 2025, for the 2025-26 school year, allowing parents an opportunity to send their children to any public school district or virtual school in the state.
Under the full-time public school open enrollment program, parents must apply during the application period to the school district they wish their children to attend. Parents may submit applications to (up to three) nonresident school districts for each child.
Forms need to be filled out completely and accurately. Online application is encouraged at the DPI website. Application deadlines are firm. Early and late applications are not accepted. Nonresident school district will notify parents in June whether their open enrollment applications have been approved or denied. Contact the Wonewoc-Union Center School District Office (608) 464-3165 ext. 110 or the DPI (888) 245-2732, if assistance is needed.
