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A  
AAPID African American Parent Involvement Day
AASA American Association of School Administrators
ABE Adult Basic Education
ACT American College Test
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD Attention-Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADP Adult Diploma Program
AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
AGAPE Adolescent Girls And Parenting Education
AHERA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AIP Academic Improvement Plan
ALC Area Learning Center
AOF Academy of Finance
AP Advanced Placement
APE Adapted Physical Education
APQC American Productivity and Quality Center
AR Accelerated Reader
ASAP Association of Supervisory and Administrative Personnel
ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ASL American Sign Language
ATSP Alternative to Suspension Program
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
 
B  
BBP Blood borne Pathogens
BD Behavior Disorders
BEST Behaviorally Effective Skills Training
BESTT Building Esteem and Success Today and Tomorrow
BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
BFAC Budget Finance Advisory Committee
 
BOE Board of Education
BOT Board of Teaching
BST Basic Skills Test
BTT Boys Totem Town
 
C  
CAD Computer Aided Drafting
CADD Computer Aided Drafting and Design
CAI Computer-Assisted Instruction
CAREI Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement
Computer Curriculum Corporation
CE Community Education
CENL Communication Evaluation of Native Language
CET Center for Employment and Training
CGCS Council of the Great City Schools
CIF Census Information Form
CIMP Continuous Improvement and Monitoring Process
CKC Core Knowledge Curriculum
CLEAR Community Leisure Education and Recreation

CBFAC (now BFAC as of 11-09)

CLRSPAC

 Citizens Long Range Space Planning Advisory Committee
CLUES Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio
CMP Connected Mathematics Project
COB Committee of the Board
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
CPR Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation
CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
CSRD Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration
CUE Collaborative Urban Educator
 
D  
D.A.R.E. Drug Abuse Resistance Education
D/HH Deaf/Hard of Hearing
DAPE Developmental Adapted Physical Education
DCD Developmental Cognitive Disability
DCFL Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning
(now known as Minnesota Department of Education)
DECA Delta Epsilon Chi Association
DOB Date of Birth
DOE Department of Education
DPT Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
 
E  
E/BD Emotional/Behavior Disorders
EA Educational Assistant
ECFE Early Childhood Family Education
ECS Education Commission of the States
ECSE Early Childhood Special Education
ECSU Educational Cooperative Service Unit
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EIR Early Intervention Reading
ELC English Learning Center
ELL English Language Learners
EMID East Metro Integration District
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL English as a Second Language
ETS Educational Talent Search
 
F  
Family TIES Families Together In Educating Students
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FCI Family and Community Involvement
FEP Fluent English Proficient
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FIP Full Inclusion Program
FLAG Foreign Language Assistance Grant
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
FTIP Family Truancy Intervention Program
FY Fiscal Year
 
G  
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAP Guadeloupe Alternative Programs
GED General Educational Development
GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
GT Gifted and Talented
 
H  
H.O.W. Hands-On Work
HESO Higher Education Services Offices
HI Hearing Impaired
HIPPA Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
HLQ Home Language Questionnaire
HOSTS Helping One Student to Succeed volunteer program
HR Human Resources
HS High School
http Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
 
I  
IA Infectious Agents
IB International Baccalaureate
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individualized Education Program
IPFI Individual Protective Factors Index
ITP Intensive Truancy Program
 
J  
JCC Jewish Community Center
JDC Juvenile Detention Center
JROTC Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
 
K  
K-12 Kindergarten through Grade Twelve
KEEY Kids, Education, the Environment and You
KLDM Kindergarten Language Development Model
 
L  
LA Language Academy
LAS Language Assessment Scale Test
LCD Latino Consent Decree
LCTS Local Collaborative Time Study
LD Learning Disability
LEAD
(Project LEAD)		 Leadership, Environment, Academics and Determination
LEAP Limited English Achievement Program
LEEP Library Equity and Excellence Program
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
LRI Grant Local Reading Improvement Grant
 
M  
MACALD Minnesota Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities
MACS Minnesota Association of Charter Schools
MAESP Minnesota Association of Elementary School Principals
MARSS Minnesota Automated Reported Student System
MASA Minnesota Association of School Administrators
MASE Minnesota Administrators of Special Education
MASSP Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals
MAT7 Metropolitan Achievement Test, Seventh Edition
MBT Minnesota Board of Teaching
MCA Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments
MCEA Minnesota Community Education Association
MCTM Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics
MDA Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDE Minnesota Department of Education
MEA Minnesota Education Association
(now known as Education Minnesota)
MEP Multicultural Excellence Program
MESPA Minnesota Elementary School Principals Association
MFIP Minnesota Family Investment Program
MFT Minnesota Federation of Teachers
(now known as Education Minnesota)
MinnSPRA Minnesota School Public Relations Association
MLA Metropolitan Learning Alliance
MMR Measles, Mumps and Rubella
MnSCU Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
MPCC Minnesota Private College Council
MRC Multicultural Resource Center
MSEA Minnesota School Employees Association
 
N  
NAAPID National African American Parent Involvement Day
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAESP National Association of Elementary School Principals
NAGC National Association of Gifted Children
NASDC New American Schools Development Corporation
NASSP National Association of Secondary School Principals
NBPTS National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
NCE Normal Curve Equivalent
NCES National Center for Education Statistics
NCLB No Child Left Behind
NCPIE National Coalition of Partners In Education
NCREL North Central Region Educational Laboratory
NCS National Computer Systems
NEA National Education Association
NEAT Network of Education Action Teams
NNAT Naglieri Non-verbal Ability Test
NSPRA National School Public Relations Association
NSSEA National School Supply and Equipment Association
 
O  
OBE Outcome-Based Education
OCR Office for Civil Rights
OJT On-the-Job-Training
OPV Oral Polio Vaccine
OSBI Office of Site-Based Improvement
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OT Occupational Therapy
 
P  
P.R.E.P Pride, Respect, Excellence, Peace
PACER Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
PAS Programs for Achieving Success
PC Personal Computer
PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental DisorderNot Otherwise Specified
PDP Professional Development Plan
PE Physical Education
PEA Professional Employees Association
PEARS Personal Effort And Responsibility
PECI Program Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Plan
PELRA Public Employment Labor Relations Act
PEP Parent Education Professionals
PERA Public Employees Retirement Association
PIF Parent Information Fair
PSD Program for Social Development
PSEO Post-Secondary Education Options
PTA Parent Teacher Association
PTO Parent Teacher Organization
PTSA Parents, Teachers, Students Association
PYP Primary Years Program
 
R  
REA Reading Excellence Act
REA Research, Evaluation and Assessment
RFP Requisition For Payment
RIF Reading is Fundamental
RSVP Rpondez S'il Vous Plat
 
S  
SART Student Attendance Review Team
SASI School Administrative Student Information
SAT Scholastic Achievement Test
SAT10 Stanford Achievement Test, 10th Edition
SBSDM Site Based Shared Decision Making
SCIP School Continuous Improvement Plan
SE Special Education
SEAC Special Education Advisory Committee
SEED Supportive Experiential Education
SEH Short, Elliot and Hendrickson (business partners)
SEM School-wide Enrichment Model
SES Socio-Economic Status
SFA Success For All
SIS Student Information Systems
SLC Small Learning Communities
SNK-1 Special Needs Kindergarten-First Grade
SOAR Student Opportunity for Academic Renewal
SPFT Saint Paul Federation of Teachers
SPPA Saint Paul Principals Association
SPPS Saint Paul Public Schools
SPSO Saint Paul Supervisors Organization
SSN Social Security Number
STAR Staff Automated Reporting
STAR Grant Sales Tax Revitalization Grant
STELLAR Saint Paul English Language Learners Academic Reform
STEM Success through Exploring Mathematics
STEP Science Training Encouragement Program (3M Program)
STEPS Specialized Transition and Employment Planning Services
STW School To Work
SUMIT Program Skills Uniquely Marketable In Technology Program
SWAT Team Students With an Aptitude for Tutoring Team
 
T  
TA Teaching Assistant
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Td Tetanus diphtheria
TDD Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf
TEAE Tests of Emerging Academic English
TESOL Teaching English to speakers of Other Languages
TIES Technology and Information Educational Services
TIP Truancy Intervention Program
TOPS Training Opportunity for Practicing Secondary Specialists
TPT Twin Cities Public Television
TQM Total Quality Management
TRA Teacher Retirement Association
TTD/TTY Teletypewritng Device/ Teletypewriter
TTI Transition To Independence
 
U  
UEC Urban Education Collaborative
UFARS Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting System
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
UTEP Urban Teacher Education Partnership
 
W  
WFRC Working Family Resource Center
WIC Program for Women, Infants and Children
www World Wide Web
 
Y  
YTEP Youth Training and Employment Program