Tex. Educ. Code § 29.052 : EDUCATION CODE — PUBLIC EDUCATION — CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES — EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS — BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS — Definitions TEXT PDF In this subchapter: (1) "Emergent bilingual student" means a student whose primary language is other than English and whose English language skills are such that the student has difficulty performing ordinary classwork in English. (2) "Parent" includes a legal guardian of a student. Tex. Educ. Code § 29.052 Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 973,Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2021. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. 5/30/1995.