An Act To Define "Surrogate" for Student Residency Purposes
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §5202, as amended by PL 1985, c. 789, §§3 and 9, is further amended to read:
§ 5202. Residence
(1) An adult who is not a parent or legal guardian but who is related to a minor by blood, marriage or adoption and with whom the minor resides and from whom the minor receives the ongoing care and support expected of a parent. "Surrogate" does not include a person to whom a parent has delegated parental authority to consent to the minor's medical treatment through a power of attorney or other written instrument; or
(2) If an adult relative described in subparagraph (1) does not exist, an adult to whom a parent or legal guardian has not delegated parental authority through a power of attorney or other written instrument with whom the minor resides and from whom the minor receives the ongoing care and support expected of a parent.
SUMMARY
This bill specifies that a person is eligible to attend schools in the school administrative unit where the person's parent or surrogate resides and defines a surrogate as an adult related to a minor and from whom the minor receives the ongoing care and support expected of a parent or, if no such relatives exist, an adult with whom the minor resides and who has provided the minor with the ongoing care and support expected of a parent.