Educational Enrichment Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students -- Enrichment Program for Blind and Visually Impaired Students -- Funding for the programs

(1) As used in this section, "program" means the enrichment programs this section creates. (2) There is established: (a) the Educational Enrichment Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students; and (b) the Educational Enrichment Program for Blind and Visually Impaired Students. (3) The purpose of the programs is to provide opportunities that will, in a family friendly environment, enhance the educational services required for deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind students across the state, regardless of participation in any program or service with the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (4) The advisory council shall make recommendations to the state board regarding the design and implementation of the programs. (5) The programs shall be funded from the revenue distributed from the permanent funds created for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in accordance with Section 12 of the Utah Enabling Act and distributed by the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration under Sections 53C-3-103 and 53D-2-203. (6) (a) To ensure all students who qualify for the programs have an opportunity to participate: (i) an LEA shall: (A) develop a communication plan to notify deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind students of opportunities the programs provide; or (B) provide to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind the directory information of each student described in Subsection (6)(a)(i)(A) within the LEA; and (ii) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind may only use the directory information described in Subsection (6)(a)(i)(B) to notify students of opportunities the programs provide. (b) A parent may opt out of the notification described in Subsection (6)(a) at any time.