8. Facility construction, renovation and repair. Seek approval in advance from the commissioner for construction, renovation or repair, with or aided by public funds, of facilities intended for the education of exceptional students children with disabilities, or give assurances that other facilities in the school administrative unit are adequate to meet the needs of those students;

9. Securing parental permission. For the Protection and Advocacy Agency for the Developmentally Disabled in Maine agency conducting studies pursuant to Title 22 5, chapter 961 511:

A. Assist the agency in its studies; and

B. Facilitate access to relevant case records by:

(1) Notifying parents or guardians of the study; and

(2) Requesting parental consent for the agency to have access to case records; and

10. Department of Health and Human Services; authority to request convening of pupil evaluation team meeting. Notify in writing the individual designated by the Department of Health and Human Services that the Department of Health and Human Services has the authority to request the school administrative unit to convene a pupil evaluation team meeting and to attend and participate in any pupil evaluation team meetings concerning an exceptional student a child with a disability who is a state ward. The written notice must indicate the time and place of the pupil evaluation team meeting and a copy of the notice must be placed in the exceptional student's child's permanent record.

Sec. 20. 20-A MRSA §7203, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is repealed.

Sec. 21. 20-A MRSA §7204, as amended by PL 1983, c. 806, §64, is further amended to read:

§7204. Duties of the commissioner

The commissioner: