(a) Any postsecondary technical school operated by a local board of education, an area postsecondary technical education board, or the Department of Technical and Adult Education shall be authorized to charge tuition fees in conformity with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education.

(b) Tuition fees charged by postsecondary technical schools operated by local boards of education, area postsecondary technical education boards, and the Department of Technical and Adult Education shall not be used to supplant existing state or local funding but shall be used for budgeted improvements not funded from existing state and local sources.

(c) The Department of Technical and Adult Education shall not withhold from any postsecondary technical school which charges tuition fees as authorized by this Code section any funds which would otherwise be payable by the Department of Technical and Adult Education to such school by contract, grant, or otherwise.