Who counts hospitalized students?
School administrative units enter into IC/MEDMS students who will appear on the December 1st Child Count who are hospitalized and receiving their special education from the school administrative unit. This includes either directly providing the services or contracting for tutorial services. Hospitals do not enter your students into IC/MEDMS. School administrative units enter into IC/MEDMS students who will appear on December 1st child count that are patients at psychiatric hospitals and receiving their instruction through the hospital or by any other means even if the services are provided through contract or agreement with a private school or another public school. School administrative units enter into IC/MEDMS students who will appear on the December 1st Child Count who are patients of psychiatric hospitals and receiving special education. Psychiatric hospitals commonly utilized include St. Mary’s, Spring Harbor, Acadia, Portsmouth Pavilion (NH), Lakeview Neuro-rehabilitative Center