As used in sections 10-94f to 10-94l, inclusive:

1. (1) “Surrogate parent” means the person appointed by the Commissioner of Education as a child's advocate in the educational decision-making process in place of the child's parents or guardian and such person shall be deemed to be an “other employee” for purposes of section 10-235;
2. (2) “The educational decision-making process” includes the identification, evaluation, placement, hearing, mediation and appeal procedures provided for in this chapter and the evaluation and planning procedures provided for in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, which may be available to a child subsequent to the receipt of special education and related services pursuant to this chapter.

(P.A. 76-429, S. 1, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 18, 127; P.A. 81-247, S. 1, 7; P.A. 93-353, S. 11, 52; 93-383, S. 6, 8; P.A. 96-185, S. 10, 16; P.A. 00-48, S. 5, 12; P.A. 14-122, S. 84; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 244.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 substituted “the superior court” for “a juvenile court” in Subdiv. (1); P.A. 81-247 redefined “surrogate parent” to make commissioner of education rather than superior court, acting upon commissioner's recommendation, responsible for appointment and to specify that person appointed deemed “other employee”; P.A. 93-353 deleted Subdiv. (3) which defined “unavailable”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-383 redefined “surrogate parent” to add child's advocate in early intervention services decision-making, deleted a definition of “unavailable” and added in its place the definition of “early intervention services decision-making process”, effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: The word “services” was added editorially by the Revisors in Subdiv. (3) for conformity with Subdiv. (1)); P.A. 96-185 deleted definition of “early intervention services decision-making process”, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 00-48 amended Subdiv. (2) to add evaluation and planning procedures under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 made definitions applicable to Sec. 10-94l, effective July 1, 2015.