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This bill restructures the legal relationship between the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) and local school districts, shifting USDB's role from one that may provide services to one that actively supports local districts in fulfilling their responsibilities to deaf, blind, and deafblind students. Starting July 1, 2027, when USDB takes over as a student's primary educational authority, the student's home school district must count that student in its enrollment and send 95% of the associated per-pupil funding to USDB. The bill also formalizes a new advisory council composed of deaf, blind, and deafblind individuals and parents; requires USDB to conduct annual student counts and report that data to the State Board of Education; and requires the state board to exhaust options for sharing space with local school districts before seeking state funding for new USDB facilities.