504 |
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil rights statute which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. A 504 plan is an individual education plan for a special-needs student. |
ABE |
Adult Basic Education |
ACT |
Prior to 1996, known as the American College Testing Program. ACT offers a college level assessment test. |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
ADA |
Average Daily Attendance |
ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
AH |
Auditory Handicap Services (provided by RCOE) |
AIP |
Academic Improvement Plan |
AP |
Advanced Placement |
APE |
Adaptive Physical Education |
API |
Academic Performance Index |
AR |
Accelerated Reader™. Created by Renaissance Learning |
ASB |
Associated Student Body |
AYP |
Annual Yearly Progress |
BIP |
Behavior Intervention Plan |
CAC |
Community Advisory Committee |
CAHSEE |
California High School Exit Exam |
CBE |
Community-based education |
CBEDS |
California Basic Educational Data System |
CCS |
California Children’s Services (an agency providing Occupational and Physical Therapy for children) |
CDS |
Community Day School |
CELDT |
California English Language Development Test |
CH |
Communicatively Handicapped. Also referred to as Severe Language Disorder |
CHSPE |
California High School Proficiency Exam |
CMH |
County Mental Health |
COC |
Citizens' Oversight Committee |
CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
CPS |
Child Protective Services |
CRL |
California Reading List |
CRISS |
Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies |
CST |
Child Study Team |
CTB |
Competency Testing Battery |
CWA |
Child Welfare and Attendance |
D/HH |
Deaf/Hard of Hearing |
DAC |
District Advisory Committee |
DARE |
Drug and Resistance Education |
DD |
Developmentally Delayed |
DHH |
Deaf and Hard of Hearing. An eligibility category |
DIS |
Designated Instruction and Services. Also known as “related services” under federal regulations |
ED |
Emotional Disturbance |
EH |
Emotionally Handicapped |
EL/ELL |
English Learner or English Language Learner |
EMH |
Educable Mentally Handicapped |
EO |
English Only. A designation for native English speakers |
ESE |
Exceptional Student Education. (In some areas of the country known as EEN Exceptional Educational Needs.) |
ESL |
English as a Second Language. Student’s native language is not English. |
ELD |
English Language Development |
ESOL |
English Speakers of Other Languages |
ETR |
Evaluation Team Report |
ETS |
Educational Testing Service |
FAA |
Functional Analysis Assessment |
FAFSA |
Free Application for Federal Student Aide |
FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
FBA |
Functional Behavioral Assessment |
FEP |
Fluent English Proficient |
FEP-R |
Fluent English Proficient-Reclassified (students moving from EL to FEP status) |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
FFA |
Future Farmers of America |
FTE |
Full-Time Equivalent |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GATE |
Gifted and Talented Education |
GED |
General Education Development Test (A GED Diploma may be granted if the individual passes the GED Test) |
GPA |
Grade Point Average |
GRE |
Graduate Records Examination |
GSE |
Golden State Examination |
HELP |
Hemet Education Learning Program |
HI |
Hearing Impaired |
HUSD |
Hemet Unified School District |
IASA |
Improving America's Schools Act |
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
IDEA 97 |
The reauthorization and revisions of IDEA made in 1997 |
IEP |
Individualized Education Plan. A legal document requires for ESE students |
IEPT |
IEP Team |
IFSP |
Individual Family Service Plan |
II/USP |
Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program |
IRA |
International Reading Association |
IT |
Information Technology |
JROTC |
Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps |
LAN/WAN |
Local Area Network/Wide Area Network |
LD |
Learning Disabled |
LEA |
Local Education Agency |
LEP |
Limited English Proficiency. Of late, the term "English learner" is being used in parts of the country |
LH |
Learning Handicapped (a mild handicap) |
LLD |
Language Learning Disabilities |
LRE |
Least-Restrictive Environment |
LSH |
Language, Speech, and Hearing |
MD |
Multiple Disabilities |
MH |
Mildly Handicapped |
MM |
Mild to Moderate handicap |
MR |
Mental Retardation. An eligibility category |
MS |
Multiple Sclerosis |
NCLB |
No Child Left Behind. Individual state contracts. |
NEP |
Non-English Proficient |
NES |
Non-English Speaking. This term has been replaced with EL or ELL |
NPS |
Non-Public School |
OCD |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
OCR |
On Campus Retention |
OHI |
Other Health Impairment. An eligibility category |
OI |
Orthopedically Impaired |
OT |
Occupational Therapy |
PAC |
Parent Advisory Committee |
PE |
Physical Education |
PI |
Physically Impaired |
PMH |
Profoundly Mentally Handicapped |
PSAT |
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test |
PT |
Physical Therapy |
ROP |
Regional Occupational Program |
ROTC |
Reserve Officers Training Corps |
RSP |
Resource Specialist Program |
SAC |
School Advisory Council |
S&L |
Speech and Language |
SARB |
School Attendance Review Board |
SARC |
School Accountability Report Card |
SASI |
School Administrative Student Information (School Information) |
SAT |
Scholastic Aptitude Test. Administered by the College Board |
SAT-9 |
Stanford 9 Achievement Test |
SDC |
Special Day Class |
SDFSC |
Safe and Drug Free Schools & Community |
SED |
Severely Emotionally Disabled |
SELPA |
Special Education Local Plan Area |
SH |
Severely Handicapped |
SIP |
School Improvement Plan |
SIS |
Student Information System |
SLD |
Specific Learning Disability |
SLI |
Speech and Language Impaired |
SPED |
Special Education |
SRO |
School Resource Officer |
SSC |
School Site Council |
SST |
Student Services Team |
STAR |
Standardized Testing and Reporting |
TBI |
Trainable Mentally Handicapped. Also Traumatic Brain Injury. |
TMH |
Trainable Mentally Handicapped |
TUPE |
Tobacco-Use Prevention Education |
VE |
Varying Exceptionalities |
VH |
Visual Impairment. An eligibility category |
VI |
Visually Impaired |
WISC-IV |
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition |
WJIII |
Woodcock-Johnson tests of Achievement – Third Edition |
WTC |
Work Training Center |
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