(a) The board of trustees of each of the agricultural schools are given permission to provide in each of the schools a department for the training of rural school teachers. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to Arkansas Tech University.
(b)
(1) The courses of study in the rural teachers' training department in each of the schools shall be uniform in character and may provide adequate instruction in the teaching of agriculture and subjects pertaining to rural life.
(2) These courses shall be outlined by a committee consisting of the principal of each of the agricultural schools, the President of the University of Central Arkansas, and the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education.
(3) The curriculum shall be sufficiently comprehensive to satisfactorily prepare the teachers to meet the requirements of all characters and grades of license necessary to enable them to teach in the rural schools of Arkansas.