(1) In order to provide adequate educational opportunities for school children of personnel employed at the various institutions of the Department of Correction, in those instances in which an institution includes territory in more than one (1) school district, school children living within the boundaries of the institution may attend schools in the district of their choice.
(2) The school district in which the children choose to attend may provide transportation services and all other services normally provided school children of the district.
(3) The authority granted in this section for a school district to transport children living within territory of an institution shall supersede any existing provision of law to the contrary.