Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 36 - Public School Inter-District Open Enrollment › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PI 36.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In subchs. I to IV:
(1)
				 "Alternative application" means an application submitted under
				the alternative application procedure.
(2)
				 "Alternative application procedure" means the application
				procedure for the parent of a pupil who wishes to attend a public school in a
				nonresident school district during the current school year, as prescribed under
				s.
				118.51(3m),
				Stats.
(3) "Application" means a
				paper or Internet-based form developed by the department under s.
				118.51(15)
				(a), Stats., for the full-time open
				enrollment program.
(4) "Approved
				by the resident school board" means the application either was approved by the
				resident school board or was not denied by the resident school board.
(7) "Best interests of the pupil" means a
				pupil's educational, physical, and emotional well-being, and includes family
				and other circumstances that affect the pupil's educational, physical, or
				emotional well-being.
(8) "Charter
				school" means a school under contract with a school board under s.
				118.40,
				Stats.
(9) "Child with a
				disability" has the meaning given in s.
				115.76(5),
				Stats.
(10) "Currently-attending
				pupil" means a pupil who is currently enrolled in a school district, and it
				includes an eighth grade pupil who is attending an underlying elementary school
				of a union high school district.
(11) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of public instruction.
(12) "Free, appropriate public education"
				means special education and related services that are provided at public
				expense and under public supervision and direction, meet the standards of the
				department, include an appropriate preschool, elementary, or secondary school
				education and are provided in conformity with an individualized education
				program.
(13) "Full-time open
				enrollment program" means the program under s.
				118.51,
				Stats.
(14) "Guaranteed approval"
				means that a pupil is included by the nonresident school district in its count
				of occupied spaces and is therefore guaranteed approval to attend the
				nonresident school district.
(15)
				"Habitual truant" has the meaning given in s.
				118.16(1)
				(a), Stats.
(16) "Homeless pupil" means an individual who
				is included in the category of homeless children and youths, as defined in
				42
				USC 11434a(2).
(17) "IEP" means an individualized education
				program developed under s.
				115.787,
				Stats.
(18) "Kindergarten" means
				5-year-old kindergarten.
(19)
				"Nonresident school board" means the school board of the nonresident school
				district.
(20) "Nonresident school
				district" means a school district, other than a pupil's resident school
				district, that the pupil is attending or has applied to attend under the
				full-time open enrollment program.
(21)
				 "Open enrollment" means a pupil's participation in the full-time
				open enrollment program.
(21m)
				"Open enrollment payment" means the amount calculated under s.
				118.51(16) (a) or (17)
				(b), Stats.
(22) "Parent" includes a guardian.
(23) "Parental notification date" means the
				date by which a pupil's parent is required under s.
				118.51(3)
				(a)6, Stats., to notify the nonresident
				school board whether the pupil will attend the nonresident school
				district.
(24) "Preference" means
				that an eligible pupil is considered by a nonresident school district for an
				available space before other pupils, but after pupils who are guaranteed
				approval.
(25) "Regular application
				period" means the time period in which applications may be submitted under s.
				118.51(3),
				Stats., for the following school year.
(26)
				 "Regular application procedure" means the procedures provided
				under s.
				118.51(3),
				Stats.
(27) "Resident school board"
				means the school board of a resident school district.
(28) "Resident school district" means the
				school district in which a pupil resides.
(29) "School term" has the meaning given in
				s.
				115.001(12),
				Stats.
(30) "School year" has the
				meaning given in s.
				115.001(13),
				Stats.
(31) "Siblings" means
				children who share at least one parent by birth, marriage, or
				adoption.
(32) "Special education"
				means the special education, as defined in s.
				115.76(15),
				Stats., and any related services, as defined in s.
				115.76(14),
				Stats., that are required in the IEP for a child with a disability.
(34) "State superintendent" means the state
				superintendent of public instruction.
(35) "Truancy" has the meaning given in s.
				118.16(1)
				(c), Stats.
(36) "Truancy and attendance policy" means
				the policy required under s.
				118.16(4)
				(a), Stats.
(38) "Virtual charter school" has the meaning
				given in s.
				115.001(16),
				Stats.