PI 36.04(6)(a) (a) Clearly defines “excused absences,” “unexcused absences,” “tardiness,” “part of a school day,” “truancy,” “habitual truancy,” and any other term or concept that will be used for the purposes of denying or terminating open enrollment.

PI 36.04(6)(b) (b) Is consistent with the school board’s truancy and attendance policy.

PI 36.04(6)(c) (c) Specifies the criteria that will be used to terminate open enrollment, including the number of unexcused absences that may result in termination of the pupil’s open enrollment.

PI 36.04(6)(d) (d) Provides a process a parent or pupil may follow if they believe the pupil was erroneously marked as truant.

PI 36.04(7) (7) Alternative applications. A nonresident school board may not approve an alternative application submitted prior to the 3rd Friday in September if the board did not approve all applications for the pupil’s grade or special education service that were submitted in the regular application period for the same school year. A nonresident school board may not approve an alternative application submitted after the January school board meeting for a current school year if the board limited the number of spaces available in the pupil’s succeeding grade or special education service for applications submitted under the regular application procedure for the following school year.

PI 36.04 History History: CR 14-021: r. and recr. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; EmR1832: emerg. am. eff. 12-14-18; CR 18-096: am. (7) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19; CR 21-082: am (3) (d), (e), r. (3) (f) Register May 2022 No. 797, eff. 6-1-22.

PI 36.05 PI 36.05 Resident school board. The resident school board may appoint a designee to act on applications for the full-time open enrollment program, subject to the policies and criteria adopted by the school board.

PI 36.05 History History: CR 14-021: r. and recr. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14.

subch. III of ch. PI 36 Subchapter III — Full-time Open Enrollment

PI 36.06 PI 36.06 Application and notification procedures.

PI 36.06(1) (1) Submission.

PI 36.06(1)(a) (a) The parent of a pupil who wishes to attend a public school in a nonresident school district shall do one of the following:

PI 36.06(1)(a)1. 1. Submit an application to the nonresident school board during the regular application period. In order to be considered by the nonresident school board, the application shall be received by the nonresident school district no earlier than the first day of the regular application period and no later than 4:00 p.m. on the last day of the regular application period.

PI 36.06(1)(a)2. 2. Submit an application to the nonresident school board under the alternative application procedure. An alternative application may be submitted no earlier than July 1 and no later than the last day of the school term during which the pupil will first attend.

PI 36.06(1)(b) (b) The parent shall submit a separate application to the board of each nonresident school district to which the pupil is applying. The parent may submit applications, including alternative applications, to no more than 3 nonresident school boards for any pupil in any school year. The parent is prohibited from submitting more than one application for any pupil to the same nonresident school board for the same school year if the parent’s initial application has been denied. Pursuant to s. 118.51 (3) (a) 1d. and (3m) (a), Stats., applications to virtual charter schools do not count toward the three nonresident school board limit under this paragraph.

PI 36.06(1)(c) (c) The parent shall answer all applicable questions on the application completely and accurately. If the application submitted by the parent is incomplete, the nonresident or resident school board may request the missing information. Except as provided under s. PI 36.12, the nonresident school board may not request from the parent or the resident school board any information that is not required to be provided on the application form.

PI 36.06(2) (2) Records.

PI 36.06(2)(a) (a) By the date specified in par. (b), the resident school board shall provide the records described in s. PI 36.12 (1) (a) or shall notify the nonresident school board if any of the following apply:

PI 36.06(2)(a)1. 1. The pupil has not been found to be a child with a disability and the child has been neither referred to the resident school board under s. 115.777 (1), Stats., nor identified by the resident school board under s. 115.77 (1m) (a), Stats.

PI 36.06(2)(a)2. 2. The pupil has not been expelled and does not have a pending disciplinary proceeding.

PI 36.06(2)(a)3. 3. The pupil does not attend school in the resident school district named on the application and the resident school district does not have any records for the pupil.

PI 36.06(2)(b) (b) The notifications in par. (a) shall be made by the following dates:

PI 36.06(2)(b)1. 1. The date specified in s. 118.51 (3) (a) 1m. and (8), Stats., for applications submitted during the regular application period.

PI 36.06(2)(b)2. 2. Within 10 calendar days of receiving a copy of an application submitted under the alternative application procedure.

PI 36.06(2)(c) (c) If the pupil is not attending the resident school district named on the application, the nonresident school board may request, and the school or school district of attendance may provide, any of the records or information from a public school the pupil attends that would otherwise be provided by the resident school district if the pupil were attending the resident school district.

PI 36.06(3) (3) Application.

PI 36.06(3)(a) (a) A nonresident or resident school board shall provide an application to a parent or pupil upon request.

PI 36.06(3)(b) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), the grade level on an application submitted during the regular application period shall be the grade immediately following the grade the pupil is enrolled in at the time of application and the grade level for an application submitted under the alternative application procedure shall be the pupil’s grade in the current school year. If the pupil is not enrolled in school at the time of application, the parent shall indicate the appropriate grade for the child’s age. Except as provided in par. (c), if the application is approved and, upon the pupil’s enrollment in school, the nonresident school board determines that the pupil should be placed in a different grade, the nonresident school board shall permit the pupil to attend the nonresident school district in the appropriate grade.

PI 36.06(3)(c) (c) If the nonresident school board approves an application that indicates a grade other than the grade specified in par. (b), the nonresident school board is not required to permit the pupil to attend the grade specified in par. (b) if any of the following apply: