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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 24, 2021 - Introduced by Representative Loudenbeck, cosponsored by
Senator Ballweg. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB119,1,2 1An Act to amend 118.51 (3) (a) 1. and 118.51 (3m) (a); and to create 118.51 (3)
2(a) 1d. of the statutes; relating to: applications for full-time open enrollment.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law limits the number of nonresident school boards to which a pupil
may apply to attend a public school in a nonresident school district under the
full-time open enrollment program. Specifically, under current law, full-time open
enrollment applications for a pupil may be submitted to no more than three
nonresident school boards in any school year.
This bill specifies that an application submitted to a nonresident school board
for a pupil to attend a virtual charter school under the full-time open enrollment
program does not count for purposes of this limitation. For purposes of the full-time
open enrollment program, a virtual charter school is considered to be located in the
school district that authorized the virtual charter school.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB119,1 3Section 1. 118.51 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB119,2,104 118.51 (3) (a) 1. The parent of a pupil who wishes to attend a public school in
5a nonresident school district under this section shall submit an application, on a form

1provided by the department under sub. (15) (a), to the school board of the nonresident
2school district that the pupil wishes to attend, not earlier than the first Monday in
3February and not later than the last weekday in April of the school year immediately
4preceding the school year in which the pupil wishes to attend. Applications Except
5as provided in subd. 1d., applications
may be submitted to no more than 3
6nonresident school boards in any school year. The nonresident school board shall
7send a copy of the application to the pupil's resident school board and the department
8by the end of the first weekday following the last weekday in April. The application
9may include a request to attend a specific school or program offered by the
10nonresident school district.
AB119,2 11Section 2. 118.51 (3) (a) 1d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB119,2,1512 118.51 (3) (a) 1d. For purposes of determining whether applications have been
13submitted to more than 3 nonresident school boards, the department may not count
14an application submitted to a nonresident school board for a pupil to attend a virtual
15charter school.
AB119,3 16Section 3 . 118.51 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB119,3,217 118.51 (3m) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3), the parent of a pupil who wishes to
18attend a public school in a nonresident school district under this section may, in lieu
19of applying under sub. (3), submit an application under this subsection, on a form
20provided by the department under sub. (15) (a), to the school board of the nonresident
21school district that the pupil wants to attend if the pupil satisfies at least one of the
22criteria under par. (b). Applications may be submitted to no more than 3 nonresident
23school boards in any school year. For purposes of determining whether applications
24have been submitted to more than 3 nonresident school boards, the department may

1not count an application submitted to a nonresident school board for a pupil to attend
2a virtual charter school.
AB119,4 3Section 4. Initial applicability.
AB119,3,64 (1) The treatment of s. 118.51 (3) (a) 1. and 1d. first applies to an application
5submitted under s. 118.51 (3) (a) for the school year beginning after the effective date
6of this subsection.
AB119,3,87 (2) The treatment of s. 118.51 (3m) (a) first applies to an application submitted
8under s. 118.51 (3m) on the effective date of this subsection.
AB119,3,99 (End)
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