Add a New Case/Create Child

The Create a Child functionality to add the student to the MD Online IEP system is located in Students section of  Student Compass. 

Students who are not included in the student demographic file that is uploaded nightly by the local school system (LSS) to the MD Online IEP system can be added to the MD Online IEP system. Only a County Level/Data Manager level user and a School Based Administrator with Can Create Child permission may add students to the MD Online IEP system. Additionally, nonpublic users may only add students to the IEP system who are from local school systems NOT using the MD Online IEP system. Students from LSS’s using the MD Online IEP system must be placed in the nonpublic school by a MD Online IEP user from the LSS.

1.  Click on the Add a New Case section on the far right.

2.  Use the Search page to search the Student Information System Database for the student.

3.  If the correct student appears on the Search screen, the page will display the location of the student.  Data Managers can contact the current County of the student to request a transfer.

If the correct student does not appears on the Search screen, click on  Create Child button.

4.  Enter all information on the Create a Child page to add the student to the MD Online IEP system.

5.  After a student record is created, the IEP Summary page will appear with the students information.  The IEPs button can be clicked to initiate completing the IEP.

Note:  If the following error message appears “There already exists a different record with the same information." when attempting to Create a Child, the message will indicate where the student's record is located. If the record is in a different school in the LSS or if the student's record is in a different LSS, your MD Online IEP administrator can work to have the record transferred to the appropriate school.