EDUCATIONAL ACRONYMS
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9-R – Durango
School District 9-R
AA – Assessment Administrators
AASA – American Association of School Administrators
ACT – American College Test - 11th grade assessment
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL – Activities of Daily Living
AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ALP – Accelerated Learning Plan for gifted students
AP – Advanced Placement
AUT – Autistic
AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress
B.E.S.T. – Building Employment Skills through Training
BICS – Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
BOCS – Board of Cooperative Services
BOE – Board of Education
BSR’s – Board/Staff Relationship Policies
CAD – Computer Aided Drafting
CALP – Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CAMLE – Colorado Association of Middle Level Educators
CASB – Colorado Association of School Boards
CASE – Colorado Association of School Executives
CAST – Community and Schools Together
CAT – Community Assessment Team
CB – Severe Needs Center-Based
CBI – Colorado Bureau of Investigation
CBI – Community Based Instruction
CCC – Colorado Children’s Campaign
CCHE – Colorado Commission on Higher Education
CDE – Colorado Department of Education
CHSAA – Colorado High School Athletic Association
CIP – Capital Improvement Proposal
CoSN – Consortium for School Networking
COVA – Colorado Virtual Academy
CP – Cerebral Palsy
CPP – Colorado Preschool Program
CPS – Child Protective Services
CRS – Colorado Revised Statute
CSAP – Colorado Student Assessment Program
CSAP-A – Colorado Student Assessment Program Alternative
CSDB – Colorado School for Deaf and Blind
CST – Child Study Team
CVR – Certified Vendor Request
D.O.I.T. – Department of Information Technology
DAAC – District Accountability Advisory Committee
DAC – District Assessment Coordinator
DADT – Durango Aerospace Design Team
DAS – Differential Ability Scale
DEA – Durango Education Association
DECA – Distributive Education Clubs of America
DFEE – Durango Foundation for Educational Excellence
DHS – Durango High School
DIAL – Developmental Indicators for Assessment of
Learning
DLEC – Durango Latino Education Coalition
DSPA – Durango Support Personnel Association
DSS – Department of Social Services
DT – Day Treatment
DTVP – Developmental Test of Visual Perception
ECEA – Exceptional Children’s Education Act
ED – Emotionally Disabled
EDCB – Emotional Disability Center-Based
EL’s – Executive Limitations Policies
ELL – English Language Learner
ELP – English Language Proficiency
ENDS – Ends Policies K-12
EPYCS – El Pomar Youth in Community Service
ERS – Educational Resource Service
ESY – Extended School Year
ET/IL – Educational Technology/Information Literacy
EXCEL – EXCEL Charter School
FAC – Finance Advisory Committee
FAPE – Free and Appropriate Public Education
FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBLA – Future Business Leaders of America
FCCLA – Family, Career and Community Leaders of
America
FEP – Fluent English Proficient
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FFA – Future Farmers of America
FLC – Fort Lewis College
FLSA – Fair Labor Standards Act
FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act
FOSS – Full Option Science Systems
GASB 34 – Governmental Accounting Standards Board – Bulletin
34
GIS – Geographic Information System
GIS – Group Information Sheets (CSAP)
GL – General Ledger
GP’s – Governance Process Policies
GPA – Grade Point Average
GRADE – Group Reading and Diagnostic Evaluation
HB – Home Bound
HOH – Hard of Hearing
HOSA – Health Occupations Students of America
IAK – It’s About Kids
ICM – Intensive Case Management
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDT – Intensive Day Treatment
IEP – Individualized Education Plan
IFSP – Individual Family Service Plan
ILC – Independent Living Center
ILP – Individual Learning Plan
IMP – Interactive Math Program
IPE – Individualized Plan for Employment
IS – Independent Study
IS – Information Services
ISC – Independent Study Center
IT – Information Technology
ITC – Information Technology Center
ITN – Itinerant
JTPA – Job Training Partnership act
L.I.F.E. – Learning Individually
LD – Learning Disabled
LEA – Local Education Agency
LEP – Limited English Proficient
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
MD – Muscular Dystrophy
MH – Multiply Handicapped
MS – Multiple Sclerosis
MSW – Master of Social Work
NAESP – National Association of Elementary School
Principals
NASSP – National Association of Secondary School
Principals
NCAA – North Central Accreditation Association
NCLB – No Child Left Behind
NEA – National Education Association
NEP – Non English Proficient
NMSA – National Middle School Association
NSBA – National School Board Association
OCR – Office of Civil Rights
OM – Orientation and Mobility
OT – Occupational Therapy
OTR – Occupational Therapist, Registered
OWLS – Opportunities for Wisdom, Leadership, and
Specialized Study
PC – Perceptual Communicative Disability
PCC – Pueblo Community College
PHY – Physically Disabled
PIP – Program Improvement Proposal
PLAN – 10th grade assessment
PPOR – Per Pupil Operating Revenue
PT – Physical Therapy
PTO – Parent/Teacher Organization
RCCF – Residential Child Care Facility
RFP – Request For Proposal
RIP – Repair and Maintenance Improvement Proposal
RTI – Response to Interventions
S/L – Speech/Language Disability
SAC – School Assessment Coordinator
SAR – School Accountability Report
SASID – State Assigned Student ID
SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test
SC – Self-Contained
SDSF – Student Directed Studies – Faculty
SEA – State Educational Agency
SEAC – Special Education Advisory Committee
SIC – School Improvement Committee
SIED – Significant Identifiable Emotional Disability
SJBOCS – San Juan Board of Cooperative Services
SJCC – San Juan Community College
SJVT – San Juan Vocational Technical School
SSDI – Social Security Disability Income
SSI – Social Security Income
SW – Social Worker
SWAP – School to Work Alliance Program
SWCMH – Southwest Colorado Mental Health
TAC – Teachers Advisory Council
TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
TLC – Technology Learning Center
TOLD – Test of Oral Language Development
TPR – Total Physical Response
TTE – Temporary Teaching Endorsement
VICA – Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VIS – Visually Impaired
VMI – Visual Motor Inventory
WAT – Work Adjustment Training
Y.O.U. – Youth Organized Unity
ZAAP – Zealous Appreciation of Positive Performance
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