Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Public Instruction
Chapter PI 36 - Public School Inter-District Open Enrollment
Subchapter III - Full-time Open Enrollment
Section PI 36.11 - Virtual charter schools

(a) Except as provided in par. (b), attendance within a school district means the pupil physically attends a school or program located within the physical boundaries of the nonresident school district.

(b) A pupil attending a virtual charter school is considered to be attending a school located within the nonresident school district as specified in s. 118.40(8) (a), Stats., regardless of the physical location of any component of the virtual charter school or of the pupil.

(c) A pupil participating in an online course or program that is not offered through a virtual charter school is not considered to be attending a school located within the nonresident school district, unless the pupil is in physical attendance as described in par. (a).

(a) Prior to enrolling any pupils through the full-time open enrollment program, each virtual charter school shall submit the following to the department:

(b) The department may not transfer any state aids under s. 118.51(16) (b), Stats., until the information required in par. (a) has been provided and the department has determined that the charter school is a virtual charter school that meets the requirements of s. 118.40(8), Stats. The department, as it determines is appropriate, may require additional information or assurances or it may conduct an audit to ensure that open enrollment payments are properly made.