Acronyms
Common acronyms used by the California Department of Education (CDE).
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| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| BAACA | Bay Area Apprenticeship Coordinators Association |
| BACCHUS | Bacchus and Gamma Peer Education Network |
| BCEL | Business Council for Effective Literacy, Inc. |
| BCLAD | Bilingual Crosscultural Language and Academic Development |
| BEO | Bilingual Education Office |
| BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BIP | Behavioral Intervention Plan |
| BPPVE | Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education |
| BSVE | Bachelors Science of Vocational Education |
| BTSA | Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment |
| BTTP | Bilingual Teacher Training Program |
| BVE | Bachelor of Vocational Education |
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| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| DAC | District Advisory Committee |
| DANTES | Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (US Dept./Navy) |
| DAS | District Assistance Survey |
| DASH | Division of Adolescent and School Health |
| DATE | Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Education |
| DBA | Database Administrator |
| DBAC | District Bilingual Advisory Committee |
| DBF | Database format |
| DCP | District Collaborative Partnerships |
| DCP | Digital California Project |
| DDC | Division Data Coordinator |
| DDS | Department of Developmental Services |
| DEAM | Department of Education Administrative Manual |
| DECA | Distributive Education Clubs of America |
| DGS | Department of General Services |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Communication Protocol |
| DHS | Digital High School |
| DHS | Department of Health Services |
| DIR | Department of Industrial Relations |
| DIS | designated instruction and services |
| DMD | Data Management Division |
| DMIP | Data Management Improvement Program |
| DOE | Department of Education |
| DOF | Department of Finance |
| DPA | Department of Personnel Administration |
| DPM | Data Processing Manager |
| DSPC | District and School Program Coordination |
| DSS | Department of Social Services |
| DTP | Desktop Publishing |
E
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| E-rate | E-rate |
| EAP | Early Assessment Program |
| EC | Education Code |
| ECC | Education Council of California |
| ECE | early childhood education |
| ECIA | Education Consolidation and Improvement Act |
| ECS | Education Code Section |
| ECS | Education Commission of the States |
| ED | United States Department of Education |
| ED>NET | Community Colleges Economic Development Network |
| EDC | Education Development Center |
| EDGAR | Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
| EDO | Educational Demographics Office |
| EDO | Education Data Office |
| EDY | Educationally Disadvantaged Youth |
| EE | External Evaluator |
| EETT | Enhancing Education Through Technology |
| EH | Emotionally Handicapped |
| EHA | Education of the Handicapped Act |
| EIA | Economic Impact Aid |
| EIAC | Education Information Advisory Council |
| EIEA | Emergency Immigrant Education Assistance |
| EIEP | Emergency Immigrant Education Program |
| EISS | Early Intervention of School Success |
| EL | English learner |
| ELA | English-language Arts |
| ELAP | English Language Acquisition Program |
| ELD | English-language Development |
| ELIL | English Language and Intensive Literacy Program |
| ELILP | English Language and Intensive Literacy |
| ElIP | Education Improvement Incentive Program |
| ELP | English-learner Program |
| EMTG | Elementary Makes the Grade |
| ENO | Elementary Networks Office |
| EO | English-Only (Monolingual English) |
| EOA | Economic Opportunity Act |
| EOP | Educational Options Programs |
| EPC | Education Programs Consultant |
| EPDA | Education Professions Development Act |
| EPIC | Education Planning and Information Center |
| EPINET | Education Personnel Information Network |
| EPS | Exemplary Program Standards |
| EPSDT | Early Periodic Screening, Detection, and Treatment |
| EPT | Epsilon Pi Tau |
| EPU | Employment Preparation Unit |
| ERIC | Educational Resources Information Center |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 |
| ESEA/IASA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
| ESIRP | Elementary Schools Intensive Reading Program |
| ESL | English as a second language |
| ESLR | Expected Schoolwide Learning Result |
| ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| ESP | Education Statewide Priority |
| ESS | Every Student Succeeds |
| ETAC | Employment Training Association of California |
| ETC | Education Technology Center |
| ETEA | Exploring Technology Education Association |
| ETN | Employment Training Network |
| ETO | Education Technology Office |
| ETP | Employment Training Panel |
| ETR | Education Training Research Associates |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service |
F
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| FACES | Family and Children Enrollment System |
| FAIR | Fair Accountability Integrity Review |
| FAN | family area network |
| FAPE | free appropriate public education |
| FAQ | frequently asked questions |
| FASD | Fiscal and Administrative Services Division |
| FASO | Fiscal Systems Analysis Office |
| FBLA | Future Business Leaders of America |
| FDCH | family day care homes |
| FELT | Federal Employee Literacy Training Program |
| FEP | fluent-English proficient |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FHA | Future Homemakers of America |
| FHA-HERO | Future Homemakers of America - Home Economics Related Occupations |
| FHS | Family and Human Services |
| FLAP | Foreign Language Assistance Program |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| FMAC | Financial Management Advisory Committee |
| FOL | Focus on Learning |
| FRAC | Food Research and Action Center |
| FRI | Federal Review Initiative |
| FRN | Family Resource NetWork |
| FRS | Federal Review System |
| FSCP | Family-School-Community Partnerships |
| FSDN | Food Science, Dietetics, and Nutrition |
| FSH | Food Service and Hospitality |
| FSMC | Food Service Management Company |
| FTAB | Finance, Technology and Administration Branch |
| FTC | Federal Teacher Centers |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| FY | fiscal year |
| FYS | Foster Youth Services Programs |
G
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| GA | Governmental Affairs |
| GAAFER | Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting |
| GAAP | generally accepted accounting principles |
| GAIN | Greater Avenues for Independence |
| GASB | Governmental Accounting Standards Board |
| GAT | Governmental Affairs Team |
| GATE | Gifted and Talented Education |
| GE | Gender Equity |
| GED | General Educational Development Test |
| GEM | General Education Management |
| GPA | Governor's Performance Award |
| GPA | grade point average |
| GPRE | Part-day State Preschool |
| GRIP | Gang Risk Intervention Program |
| GSE | Golden State Examination |
| GWAP | General Full-day Preschool Contracts |
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| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| IAP | Interagency Partnership |
| IASA | Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 |
| ICC | Intersegmental Coordinating Committee |
| ICC | Intersegmental Coordinating Council |
| IDA | Infant Development Association |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IECC | Industry Education Council of California |
| IEP | individualized education program |
| IFSP | individualized family service plan |
| IHE | institutions of higher education |
| IHP | Individualized Health Plan |
| IHS | Indian Health Service |
| II/USP | Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program |
| IKE | Eisenhower Title II: IKE |
| IMAP | Instructional Materials Advisory Panel |
| IMDC | Instructional Materials Display Center |
| IMEP | Instructional Materials Evaluation Panel |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| IRA | International Reading Association |
| IRCA | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 |
| IS | independent study |
| ISA | Information Systems Analyst |
| ISAM | Institutional Self Assessment Measure |
| ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
| ISDN | Integrated Service Digital Network |
| ISLE | Improving State Leadership in Education |
| ISSD | Information Systems and Service Division |
| IST | Information Systems Technician |
| ITE | Industrial Technology Education |
| ITEA | International Technology Education Association |
| ITP | Individual Training Plan |
| ITP | individualized transition plan |
| ITSDR | Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform |
| IWEN | Individual with Exceptional Needs |
| IWG | Interagency Work Group |
J
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| JC/CASAC | Juvenile Court, Community and Alternative School Administrators of California |
| JCEGE | Joint Commission on Educational Goals and Evaluation |
| JSEP | Job Skills Education Program |
K
| Acronym | Description |
|---|
L
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| LA | Local Assistance |
| LAN | local area network |
| LCC | Legal Compliance Committee |
| LD | Learning Disabled |
| LEA | local educational agency |
| LEAD | Leadership Enhancement and Development in Health |
| LEAP | Limited Examination and Appointment Process |
| LEARN | Learning Alternatives Resource Network |
| LEP | limited English proficient |
| LGLP | Leroy Greene Lease-Purchase |
| LH | Learning Handicapped |
| LIP | Local Improvement Plan |
| LPC | Local Child Care and Development Planning Councils |
| LRDC | Learning Resources Display Centers |
| LRI | Local Reading Improvement Grant (comprehensive part of REA) |
| LSP | Learning Support and Partnership Division |
| LSPD | Learning Support and Partnerships Division |
| LVA | Literacy Volunteers of America |
M
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| M&M | Motivation and Maintenance |
| MACRS | Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
| MAP | Model Arts Program |
| MBO | Management by Objectives |
| MCHB | Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
| MCO | Managed Care Organization |
| MDI | Management Development Institute |
| MESA | Math Engineering and Science Achievement |
| META | Multicultural Education, Training, and Advocacy, Inc. |
| MGHSNO | Middle Grades and High School Networks Office |
| MGPN | Middle Grades Partnership Networks |
| MGPQRI | Middle Grades Program Quality Review Instrument |
| MGTF | Middle Grades Task Force |
| MHAA | McKinney Homeless Assistance Act |
| MIG | Migrant |
| MMWR | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSDP | Middle Schools Demonstration Program |
| MTL | Master Tape Library |
| MTTA | Manufacturing Technology Teachers Association |
| MTYRE | multitrack year-round education |
| MU | Miller-Unruh Reading Specialist |
| MU | Management Unit |
N
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| N & D | Neglected and Delinquent |
| NABE | National Association for Bilingual Education |
| NAC | Nutrition Advisory Council |
| NACCRRA | National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies |
| NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| NAFEO | National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education |
| NAFSES | Nutrition and Food Service Education Section |
| NASAE | National Association of Superintendents of Agricultural Education |
| NASAFD | National Association of State Agencies for Food Distribution |
| NASBE | National Association of State Boards of Education |
| NASHEC | National School Health Education Coalition |
| NASPA | National Association of Student Personnel Administrators |
| NASPE | National Association of Sport and Physical Education |
| NASSP | National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| NASTA | National Association of State Textbook Administrators |
| NASTAD | National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors |
| NASW | National Association of School Social Workers |
| NBCT | National Board Certified Teacher |
| NBPTS | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
| NC | Noncompliant |
| NCAS | National Coalition of Advocates for Students |
| NCBE | National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education |
| NCDA | National Career Development Association |
| NCE | Normal Curve Equivalent |
| NCECE | Northern California Early Childhood Education |
| NCEE | National Center on Education and the Economy |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
| NCHE | National Center for Health Education |
| NCHRBS | National College Health Risk Behavior Survey |
| NCHSTE | National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education |
| NCHSTP | National Center for HIV, STDs, and TB Prevention |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
| NCME | National Council on Measurement in Education |
| NCP | National Commodity Processing |
| NCS | National Computer Systems |
| NCSDAE | National Council of State Directors of Adult Education |
| NCSL | National Conference of State Legislatures |
| NCTE | National Council of Teachers of English |
| NCTM | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| NEA | National Education Association |
| NET | Nutrition Education and Training |
| NETA | National Employment and Training Association |
| NETP | Nutrition Education and Training Program |
| NEW | Nontraditional Employment for Women |
| NFSMI | National Food Service Management Institute |
| NGA | National Governors Association |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIMS | National Institute for Machining Standards |
| NIS | National Inventory System |
| NMSA | National Middle School Association |
| NNY | National Network for Youth (formerly National Network of Runaway and Youth Services (NNRYS)) |
| NOA | Notice of Action |
| NODA | National Origin Desegregation Act |
| NOPA | Notice of Proposed Action |
| NORC | National Opinion Research Center |
| NOTE | New Opportunity in Teacher Education |
| NPO | Non-profit organization |
| NPR | national percentile rank |
| NPS | Nonpublic School |
| NRT | norm-referenced test |
| NSBA | National School Boards Association |
| NSD | Nutrition Services Division |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSH | No Severely Handicapped |
| NSLA | National School Lunch Act |
| NSLP | National School Lunch Program |
| NSMP | Nutritional Standard Menu Planning |
| NSPRA | National School Public Relations Association |
| NSR | National Systems and Research Company |
| NSSB | National Skills Standards Board |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| NTDS | Network Technologies Development and Support |
| NTP | National Training Partnership |
| NVATA | National Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association |
O
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| O&M | Operation and Maintenance |
| O&M | Orientation and Mobility |
| OAE | Office of Analysis and Evaluation - USDA child nutrition research |
| OBEMLA | Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs |
| OCR | Office for Civil Rights |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| OEA | Office of Education Association |
| OELA | Office of English Language Acquisition |
| OFP | Office of Family Planning |
| OPCO | Operations Coordinator |
| OSE | Office of the Secretary of Education |
| OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSHA | Office of State Health Administration |
| OSS | Operations Services Section |
| OST | Office of School Transportation |
| OVAE | Office of Vocational and Adult Education |
P
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| PA | Programmer Analyst |
| PAC | parent advisory council |
| PACE | Projects to Advance Creativity in Education |
| PACE | Policy Analysis for California Education |
| PACE | Professional Association for Childhood Education |
| PAL | Pregnant or Lactating Students Program, Meal Supplements |
| PALS | Pregnant and Lactating Students Program |
| PAR | Peer Assistance and Review program for teachers |
| PAR | Personnel Action Request |
| PARIS | Provider Accounting Reporting and Information System |
| PASHA | Program Archive on Sexuality, Health and Adolescent |
| PASR | Principal Apportionment System Rewrite |
| PBDMI | Performance Based Data Management Initiative |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PCA | Project Cost Account |
| PDAC | Professional Development Advisory Committee |
| PDC | Professional Development Consortia |
| PDCSD | Professional Development and Curriculum Support Division |
| Portable Document Format | |
| PDP | Professional Development Program |
| PDSB | Program Development and Services Branch |
| PDTF | Professional Development Task Force |
| PED | Policy and Evaluation Division |
| PEN | Parenting Education Network |
| PEN | Public Education Network |
| PERB | Public Employment Relations Board |
| PERS | Public Employees Retirement System |
| PEWT | Productivity Enhancement and Web Technology |
| PFT | Physical Fitness Testing |
| PH | Physically Handicapped |
| PHS | U.S. Public Health Service |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PI | Program Improvement |
| PIAP | Program Improvement Action Plan |
| PIC | Private Industry Council |
| PIG | Process Improvement Group |
| PII | Program Improvement Initiative |
| PINCO | Partners in Nutrition Corporation |
| PISA | Principles for Increasing Student Achievement |
| PL | Public Law |
| PMP | Pregnant Minors Program |
| PPIC | Public Policy Institute of California |
| PPR | Pupil Promotion and Retention |
| PPS | Pupil Personnel Services |
| PQR | program quality review |
| PR | Personnel Request |
| PREP | Putting Research into Educational Practice |
| PRP | Program Revision Proposal |
| PSAA | Public Schools Accountability Act |
| PSAT | Preliminary Scholastic Achievement Test |
| PSD | Personnel Services Division |
| PSU | Program Support Unit |
| PTA | California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc. |
| PTA | National Parent Teacher Association |
| PTR | Plan to Remedy |
| PVP | Planned Vacation Program |
| PY | Personnel Year |
Q
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| QAP | quality assurance process |
R
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| R-FEP | Redesignated Fluent-English-Proficient |
| R30-LC | Language Census |
| RAS | Research and Analysis Services |
| RDA | Recommended Daily Allowance |
| REA | Reading Excellence Act |
| RFA | Request for Applications |
| RFEP | reclassified to fluent English proficient |
| RFP | Request for Proposals |
| RFP | Request for Personnel |
| RICA | Reading Instruction Competency Assessment |
| RJE | Remote Job Entry |
| RLA | Responsible Local Agency |
| RLA | Reading/Language Arts Leadership |
| ROC | Regional Occupational Center |
| ROCP | Regional Occupation Centers and Programs |
| ROP | Regional Occupational Program |
| RSDSS | Regional System of District and School Support |
| RSI | Related and Supplemental Instruction |
| RSN | Reading Success Network (partner on REA through Comprehensive Assistance Centers) |
| RSP | Resource Specialist Program |
| RST | Regional Service Team |
| RTE | Research and Teacher Education |
| RTF | rich text format |
S
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| S-T-W | School to Work |
| S4 | Statewide System of School Support |
| SAA | State Applicant Agency |
| SABE | Spanish Assessment of Basic Education |
| SABE/2 | Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, Second Edition |
| SAC | Student Advisory Council |
| SAC | School-Age Care |
| SACS | standardized account code structure |
| SAD | Standards and Assessment Division |
| SAE | State Administrative Expense |
| SAFA | School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas |
| SAM | State Administrative Manual |
| SANS | Storage Area Networks |
| SAP | Student Assistance Program |
| SAPID | School Age Parenting and Infant Development |
| SAPP | Student Academic Partnership Program (tutoring grants) |
| SARB | School Attendance Review Board |
| SARC | School Accountability Report Card |
| SAT | Scholastic Achievement Test |
| SAT-9 | Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition (Stanford 9) |
| SB | Senate Bill |
| SBCP | School-Based Coordinated Program |
| SBE | State Board of Education |
| SBP | School Breakfast Program |
| SCANS | Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills |
| SCASS | Southern California Association of Science Supervisors |
| SCASS | State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards-Health Education Assessment Project |
| SCCAC | Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center |
| SCE | State Compensatory Education |
| SCIF | State Compensation Insurance Fund |
| SCO | State Controller's Office |
| SCOE | Sacramento County Office of Education |
| SCORE | Schools of California Online Resources for Education |
| SCOVE | State Council on Vocational Education |
| SCR | Senate Concurrent Resolution |
| SCS | Superintendent's Correspondence System |
| SDA | Service Delivery Area |
| SDAD | School and District Accountability Division |
| SDAIE | specially designed academic instruction in English |
| SDAs | Job Training Partnership Act Service Delivery Areas |
| SDC | special day class |
| SDFSC | Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities |
| SDIT | State Department of Information Technology |
| SDOB | School and District Operations Branch |
| SEA | state educational agency |
| SECG | State Education and Coordination Grants |
| SED | Special Education Division |
| SED | severely emotionally disturbed |
| SEECAP | Special Education Early Childhood Administrators Project |
| SEEDS | Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems |
| SEIDs | Statewide Educator Identifiers |
| SELPA | special education local plan area |
| SERB | Surveillance and Evaluation Research Branch |
| SES | Supplemental Educational Services |
| SETA | Sacramento Employment and Training Agency |
| SETS | Statewide Education Technology Services |
| SFP | School Food Program |
| SFPD | School Facilities Planning Division |
| SFS | Student Friendly Services |
| SFSD | School Fiscal Services Division |
| SFSP | Summer Food Service Program |
| SHAPE | Shaping Health As Partners in Education |
| SHC | School Health Connections |
| SHEP | School Health Education Profile |
| SHPPS | School Health Policies and Programs Study |
| SHSD | Standards and High School Development Division |
| SIB | ScholarShare Investment Board |
| SID | School Improvement Division |
| SIECUS | Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. |
| SIP | school improvement program |
| SJTCC | State Job Training Coordinating Council |
| SkillsUSA California | SkillsUSA California |
| SLP | School Lunch Program |
| SLRC | State Literacy Resource Center |
| SME | Society of Manufacturing Engineers |
| SMI | Small Manufacturers Institute |
| SMP | Special Milk Program |
| SNE | Society for Nutrition Education |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SNOR | Student National Origin Report |
| SNP | School Nutrition Program |
| SPA | service planning areas |
| SPALD | Secondary, Postsecondary, and Adult Leadership Division |
| SPB | State Personnel Board |
| SPCIG | State Preschool Career Incentive Grants |
| SPD | Specialized Programs Division |
| SPECS | Special Projects & Electronic Communications Support |
| SPEDLEP | English Learner or LEP Student in Special Education |
| SPIN | School Partners in Nutrition |
| SRAO | School Reform Assistance Office |
| SRC | Software Resource Centers |
| SROA | State Restriction of Appointments |
| SS | Summer School |
| SSDHPER | Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education and Recreation |
| SSER | Special Studies and Evaluation Reports |
| SSID | Statewide Student Indentifer |
| SSP | specialized secondary programs |
| SSPI | State Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| SSR | Smart Switch Router |
| SSSR | Support for Secondary Schools Grant (reading model programs and strategies) |
| SSSSD | State Special Schools and Services Division |
| SST | <