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.