S.B. No. 2158         AN ACT   relating to the establishment of an adult education pilot program   by the Windham School District.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding   Section 19.0052 to read as follows:          Sec. 19.0052.  ADULT EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM. (a)  The   Windham School District shall establish a pilot program under which   one or more nonprofit entities provide an adult education program   under Subchapter G, Chapter 12, to enable persons described by   Subsection (b) to successfully complete a high school program that   can lead to a diploma.          (b)  A person confined or imprisoned in the department who is   at least 26 years of age and not more than 50 years of age is   eligible to enroll in an adult education program operated under the   pilot program if the person:                (1)  has failed to complete the curriculum requirements   for high school graduation;                (2)  has failed to perform satisfactorily on an   assessment instrument required for high school graduation; or                (3)  has failed to earn a high school equivalency   certificate.          (c)  The district shall enter into a memorandum of   understanding with at least one nonprofit entity described by   Section 12.256, Education Code, to provide an adult education   program under the pilot program. The district shall require the   nonprofit entity to identify each region of this state in which the   entity is able to operate an adult education program under the pilot   program.           (d)  The district, in consultation with each nonprofit   entity with which the district enters into a memorandum of   understanding under this section, shall identify at least three   schools operated by the district that are suitable to serve as sites   for the pilot program.          SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2024, the Windham   School District shall establish and implement the pilot program   required by Section 19.0052, Education Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the Senate on   April 20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the House on   May 9, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, two present   not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor