(a)
(1) The Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction shall locate facilities and operate vocational or technical education or training programs within the Riverside Vocational and Technical School.
(2) The operation of the school is subject to such special rules deemed appropriate for the operation of vocational or technical education or training programs at the correctional institutions under the control of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction in accordance with agreements and rules mutually developed and agreed to by the Department of Education and the Board of Corrections.
(b)
(1) The school shall be entitled to all funds, rights, and privileges and shall be operated in the same manner as other area vocational and technical schools are operated in this state.
(2) However, the school shall be operated in accordance with the rules for the operation of vocational or technical education or training programs at facilities of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction as provided in §§ 12-29-306 — 12-29-310.