Public School Open Enrollment
MADISON—Parents have an opportunity to apply to send their children to any public school district in the state during Wisconsin’s three-week open enrollment application period for the 2010-11 school year.
In Wisconsin, children are assigned to school districts based on the location of their parents’ home. The Feb. 1-19 open enrollment application period is the only tuition-free opportunity for most parents to apply for their children to attend public school in a school district other than the one in which they live. Since the program began, participation in open enrollment has grown. During the 2008-09 school year, 28,028 students transferred to another school district through open enrollment.
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