85R2356 PAM-D
By: Parker H.B. No. 852
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to adult high school diploma and industry certification
charter school pilot program requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.259(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other law and in addition to the
number of charters allowed under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, a
charter under the pilot program may, on the basis of an application
submitted, be granted to a single nonprofit entity described by
Subsection (e) to provide an adult education program for [not more
than 150] individuals described by Subsection (g) to successfully
complete:
(1) a high school program that can lead to a diploma;
and
(2) career and technology education courses that can
lead to industry certification.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.