C. Other periods the commissioner determines appropriate;

4. Program approval. Shall approve plans for all early intervention and special education programs. The criteria for approval shall must include:

A. Requirements for admission;

B. Qualification or certification of staff;

C. Plan of instruction;

D. Adequacy of facilities;

E. Adequacy of supportive services;

F. Professional supervision; and

G. Teacher-student ratio.;

5. Due process. Shall:

A. Adopt or amend rules to assure and protect the rights of due process for exceptional students children with disabilities; and

B. Inform and train each school administrative unit on exceptional students' the rights of children with disabilities to due process under state laws and rules and federal law and regulations; and

6. Technical assistance. May, on the request of a school administrative unit, provide technical assistance in the formulation of a plan or subsequent report required of all administrative units. Assistance shall may not be designed to transfer the responsibility for or actual development of the plan or report.

Sec. A-26. 20-A MRSA §7206, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 424, Pt. A, §5, is further amended to read:

1. Complaint. An interested party may file with the commissioner a written complaint alleging that a school administrative unit or private school serving exceptional students children with disabilities has failed to comply with this chapter. The complaint must allege a violation that occurred not more than one year prior to the date that the