Section PI 36.08 - Administrative and aid transfer procedures(1) PUPILS ENROLLED. In calculating the count of pupils enrolled under s. 121.004(7), Stats., for pupils in kindergarten and 4-year-old kindergarten, the count shall be based on the program the pupil attends in the nonresident school district.(2) CHANGE OF ADDRESS. (a) The parent of a pupil enrolled in a nonresident school district shall notify the nonresident school board of any change of address. The nonresident school board shall notify the resident school board of the pupil's new address.(b) If the pupil moves to a Wisconsin school district other than the nonresident school district, the pupil may continue open enrollment without reapplication, except as provided in s. 118.51(3) (c), Stats.(c)1. If the pupil was attending the nonresident school district under open enrollment on the 3rd Friday in September, the school district in which the pupil resided on the 3rd Friday in September in any school year shall be the resident school district for purposes of the full-time open enrollment program and shall be responsible for the open enrollment payment for the pupil for the remainder of that school year.2. If the pupil first attended a nonresident school after the 3rd Friday in September, the school district in which the pupil resided when the pupil began attending the nonresident school district shall be the resident school district for purposes of the full-time open enrollment program and shall be responsible for the open enrollment payment for the pupil for the remainder of that school year.(3) CALCULATION OF OPEN ENROLLMENT PAYMENT.(a) The open enrollment payments under s. 118.51(16) and (17) (b) and (bm), Stats., apply to each pupil who attends a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment program.(b) If the pupil attended the nonresident school district for less than a full school year under the full-time open enrollment program, the amount under s. 118.51(16) or (17) (b) and (bm), Stats., shall be equal to the open enrollment payment divided by 180 and multiplied by the number of days the pupil was enrolled in the nonresident school district in the school year. The days of enrollment are calculated as follows: 1. The number of days, not to exceed 180, school was in session from the first day of the school term to the last day the pupil attended the nonresident school district under open enrollment, inclusive of both the first and last days, if one of the following applies: a. The pupil was in attendance in the nonresident school district on the 3rd Friday in September.b. The pupil was in attendance in the nonresident school district at least one day before and one day after the 3rd Friday in September.2. If the pupil's first day of attendance was after the 3rd Friday in September, the number of days, not to exceed 180, the pupil was enrolled in the nonresident school district from the first day of the pupil's attendance to the last day the pupil attended the nonresident school district under the open enrollment program, inclusive of both the first and last days.(c) If, during the school term, the pupil's IEP team determines that a pupil no longer requires special education services, the nonresident district shall notify the resident district. The open enrollment payment for the pupil shall be calculated as the sum of the following:1. The amount under s. 118.51(17) (b) or (bm), Stats., divided by 180 and multiplied by the number of days the pupil was receiving special education services in the nonresident district.2. The amount under s. 118.51(16), Stats., divided by 180 and multiplied by the number of days the pupil was not receiving special education services in the nonresident district.(3m) NONRESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF ACTUAL COST - SPECIAL EDUCATION OR RELATED SERVICES.(a) Starting the first weekday in August and no later than the last weekday in September, the nonresident school board may submit to the department, in the online open enrollment system or other manner provided by the department, a financial statement under s. 118.51(12) (a), Stats., that shows the actual cost the nonresident school board incurred to provide a free appropriate public education to the child during the prior school year up to $30,000. The statement of actual costs shall calculate the actual cost for the child as the cost for the child under par. (b) less any costs reimbursed under s. 115.88, 115.93 or 118.255, Stats., 20 USC 1400 et. seq, or federal medicaid.(b) The financial statement of actual cost may only include actual costs that would not otherwise exist for the nonresident school district but for the need to provide a free appropriate public education to the child during the prior school year.(c) No later than the 2nd Monday in October, the nonresident school board may withdraw a financial statement of actual cost submitted under par. (a).(d) Only the nonresident school board that submitted the financial statement of actual cost under par. (a) may receive the per pupil payment based on the actual cost in the statement under s. 118.51(12) (a), Stats.(e) A nonresident school board that submits and does not withdraw a financial statement of actual cost will not receive the transfer amount under s. 118.51(17) (b)2, Stats., for a student with a disability. A nonresident school board may either receive the per pupil transfer amount under the indexing method under s. 118.51(17) (b) 2 c., Stats., or the transfer amount under s. 118.51(17) (b)3, Stats.(4) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS. The nonresident school board shall maintain all completed applications for 3 years or until the pupil is no longer enrolled in the nonresident school district, whichever is later.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Public Instruction PI 36.08
CR 14-021: cr. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14.Amended by, CR 16-019: am. (2) (c) 1., 2., r. (2) (d), renum. (3) (a) 1. to (3) (a) and am., r. (3) (a) 2., am. (3) (b) (intro.), cr. (3) (c) Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 8/1/2016Amended by, CR 19-081: am. (3) (a), (b) (intro.), (c) 1., cr. (3m) Register December 2019 No. 768, eff. 1-1-20; correction in (3m) (c) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register December 2019 No. 768, eff. 1/1/2020