If you reside outside of the Eau Claire Area School District, but wish for your child to attend an ECASD school for the 2023-24 school year, you must complete an open enrollment application. The open enrollment application period for the 2023-24 school year was February 6 - April 28, 2023, at 4:00pm. The regular open enrollment application is now closed for the 2023-2024 school year, however parents can still apply for open enrollment during the alternative open enrollment period, starting July 1st, 2023. The application can be found and submitted online through the Department of Public Instruction Open Enrollment website.
Parents normally apply for open enrollment for the following school year during a three-month application period which begins in February and ends on the last weekday in April. However, 2011 Act 114 established a procedure by which parents may apply for open enrollment outside of the regular application period. You can find more information on the process, including the application form, at Open Enrollment Alternative Application. The alternative open enrollment period for the 2023-2024 school year starts on July 1, 2023. You must print the form from the link above and submit it to the Administration Department if you would like your student to open enroll during the current 2023-2024 school year.
As of the 2018-19 school year, a pupil enrolled in a public school in the high school grades may attend public school in a nonresident school district for the purpose of taking a course offered by the nonresident school district. A pupil may attend no more than two (2) courses at any time in nonresident school districts. Wis. Stat. 118.52 The Part-time Open Enrollment application and informational brochure can be found on DPI’s new Part-time Open Enrollment webpage.