Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

List of the 2024–25 Consolidated Application abbreviations and their full name.

Abbreviation, Acronym or Initialism	Full Name
Addendum	Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Federal Addendum Template
CALPADS	California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
CARS	Consolidated Application and Reporting System
CDE	California Department of Education
CDS	County-District-School also used to refer to the CDE California School Directory database
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
ConApp	Consolidated Application
CSAM	California School Accounting Manual
DELAC	District English Learner Advisory Committee
EC	Education Code
EL	English Learner
ESEA	Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESSA	Every Student Succeeds Act
FPM	Federal Program Monitoring
FY	Fiscal Year
GED	General Educational Development
HSET	High School Equivalency Test
ICR	Indirect Cost Rate
LCAP	Local Control and Accountability Plan
LEA	Local Educational Agency
PAR	Personnel Activity Report
RLIS	Rural and Low Income Schools
SRSA	Small, Rural School Achievement
TASC	Test Assessing Secondary Completion
U.S.	United States
YTD	Year-to-date

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Last Reviewed: Monday, April 29, 2024

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