Which district is responsible for making available free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child?
While a child with a disability attends the nonresident district, under the open enrollment program, 118.51 Wis. Stats., the nonresident district is responsible for making FAPE available to the child. These duties include ensuring the child’s special education and related services: • are provided at public expense (at no cost to the child’s parents) and under public supervision and direction; • meet the standards of the Department of Public Instruction; • include an appropriate preschool, elementary or secondary school education; and • are provided in conformity with an IEP. If the child would transfer back to the resident district, the resident district would be responsible again for ensuring FAPE. 13. If a child is referred for evaluation or reevaluation of a suspected disability, which district is responsible for the evaluation or reevaluation? The nonresident district must appoint an IEP team to conduct an evaluation or reevaluation according to the requirements of state and federa
