Acronyms
504 | Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973—a civil rights statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability |
ACT | American College Test |
ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act—federal law governing access to public buildings |
ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress |
AERA | American Education Research Association |
BOCES | Board of Cooperative Educational Services (Small schools and small districts that have pooled their resources together. A BOCES can include 15-25 school districts. The important question to ask is what BOCES does a district belong to and for what projects. Some districts may be in a BOCES only for Title I funds.) |
BOD | Board of Directors |
BOE | Board of Education |
CASB | Colorado Association of School Boards (membership organization of the state’s school district Boards of Education |
CASE | Colorado Association of School Executives (professional organization for administrators) |
CBLA | Colorado Basic Literacy Act—state law that ensures students are reading at grade level by third grade |
CDE | Colorado Department of Education |
CEA | Colorado Education Association—the state teachers union |
CECFA | Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority—issues bonds for charter schools |
CK | Core Knowledge |
CLCS | Colorado League of Charter Schools |
CREA | Colorado Reading Excellence Act |
CRS | Colorado Revised Statutes |
CSAP | Colorado Student Assessment Program |
CSAP-A | CSAP-Alternate. The assessment for a small percentage (less than 1%) of students with IEP’s that need significant support in order to progress in their learning. |
CSR | Comprehensive School Reform—a federal grant for failing schools, formerly known as Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration |
CSR | Class Size Reduction |
CSRC | Colorado School Resource Center |
CSSEAC | Charter Schools Special Education Advisory Committee |
DI | Direct Instruction |
ECS | Education Commission of the States |
EDGAR | Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
ELA | English Language Acquisition |
ELL | English Language Learner |
ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act—federal education law replaced with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
ESL | English as a Secondary Language |
FAPE | Free Appropriate Public Education |
FERPA | Family Education Rights and Privacy Act—federal law governing privacy |
FPP | Financial Policies & Procedures |
FTE | Full Time Equivalent—one full-time salary |
FY | Fiscal Year |
GED | General Education Diploma |
GT | Gifted & Talented |
HB | House Bill in the Colorado Legislature |
IASA | Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 ( Federal Law) |
IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act—federal law regarding educating students with disabilities |
IDEA-B | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act—Part B |
IEP | Individual Education Plan—an official plan for students with disabilities that qualify for Special Education services |
ILP | Individual Literacy Plan—state law requires an ILP for any student not reading at grade level by third grade (the state law is the Colorado Basic Literacy Act) |
ITBS | Iowa Test of Basic Skills |
LEA | Local Education Agency or official school district |
LEP | Limited English Proficiency |
LRE | Least Restrictive Environment—educating disabled students with non-disabled students |
NACSA | National Association of Charter School Authorizers |
NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress |
OCR | Office of Civil Rights—federal law pertaining to Section 504 and disability regulations |
OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs |
PCD | Perceptual Communicative Disorder |
PCSP | Public Charter School Program |
PD | Professional Development |
PL | Public Law (Federal Law) |
PPOR | Per Pupil Operating Revenue |
PPR | Per Pupil Revenue |
PSAT | Pre-Stanford Achievement Test |
R2A | Read to Achieve |
RFP | Request for Proposal |
SAR | School Accountability Report |
SAT | Stanford Achievement Test |
SB | Senate Bill in the Colorado Legislature |
SBE | State Board of Education |
SEA | State Education Agency—Colorado Department of Education |
SIP | School Improvement Plan |
SLIC | Significant Limited Intellectual Capacity |
USDOE | United States Department of Education |