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AA - Administrator’s Academy
AAAC - AYP Appeals Advisory Committee
AACTE - American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
AASA - American Association of School Administrators
AASPS - American Association of State Policy Services
AAVIM - American Association for Vocational Instructional Materials
ABE - Adult Basic Education
ACCESS for ELLS® - Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Learners
ACES - Application Claim and Entry System
ACSD - Assessment Committee for Students with Disabilities
ACT - American College Testing
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADE - Average Daily Enrollment
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADP - Average Daily Participation
AEWL - Academic Early Warning List
AEWS - Academic Early Warning Status
AFHK - Action for Healthy Kids
AFR - Annual Financial Report
AFT - American Federation of Teachers
AMAO - Annual Measurable Achievable Objective
AOK - All Our Kids Early Childhood Network
AP - Advanced Placement
APE - Adapted Physical Education
APR - Annual Performance Report
APT - Assessment of Professional Teaching
ARRA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ASAE - American Society of Association Executives
ASBO - Association of School Business Officials
ASCD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
AT - Assistive Technology
ATEN - Assistive Technology Exchange Network
AVC - Area Vocational Center
AWS - Academic Watch Status
AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress
AYPAAC - Adequate Yearly Progress Appeals Advisory Committee

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BD - Behavioral Disorders
BEI - Board Self-Assessment
BGR - Board Governance Review
BHE - Illinois Board of Higher Education
BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan
BOCA - Building Officials and Code Administration
BOE - Board of Education

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CACFP - Child and Adult Care Food Program
CCADE - Council of Chicago Area Deans of Education
CCOP - Consolidated Committee of Practitioners
CCR - College and Career Readiness
CCSD - Community Consolidated School District
CCSS - Common Core State Standards
CCSSM - Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
CCSSO - Council of Chief State School Officers
CDB - Capital Development Board
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDS - County, District, School
CEFTF - Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force
CEU - Continuing Education Unit
CFDA - Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CHSD - Community High School District
CIPA - Children's Internet Protection Act
CMO - Charter Management Organization
CNA - Child Nutrition Act
CNAS - Capital Needs Assessment Survey
CNP - Child Nutrition Program
COE - Code of Ethics
CORD - Center for Occupational Research and Development
COSA - Council of School Attorneys
COSBAC - Council of School Boards Association Communicators
CPDU - Continuing Professional Development Unit
CPI-U - Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers
CPPRT - Corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax
CPI - Consumer Price Index
CPS - Chicago Public Schools
CRE - Coordinated Review Effort
CRP - Certificate Renewal Plan
CRSA - Community Residential Service Authority
CSBO - Chief School Business Official
CSFTF - Charter School Funding Task Force
CSHP - Coordinated School Health Program
CSP - The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Charter Schools Program
CSR - Class Size Reduction
CSRD - Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration
CTE - Career and Technical Education
CTEPT - Part-Time Provisional Career and Technical Educator Endorsement
CTSO - Career and Technical Student Organizations
CUBE - Council of Urban Boards of Education
CUD - Community Unit District
CUSD - Community Unit School District

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DARE - Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DCEO - Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
DCFS - Department of Children and Family Services
DD - Developmental Delay
DECA - Distributive Education Clubs of America
DHS - Department of Human Services
DIP - District Improvement Plan
DL - Distance Learning
DLM - Dynamic Learning Maps Assessment
DoD - Department of Defense
DOE - Department of Education
DOL - Department of Labor
DPSC - Due Process Screening Committee

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EAV - Equalized Assessed Valuation
EBF - Evidence-Based Funding
ECAG - Early Childhood Advisory Group
ECBG - Early Childhood Block Grant
ECE - Early Childhood Education
ECERS - Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale
ECOS - Electronic Commodity Ordering System
ECS - Education Commission of the States
ECS - Educator Certification System (now ELIS)
ED - United States Department of Education/Emotional Disturbance
ED-RED - Education Research and Development
EDGAR - Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EER - Electronic Expenditure Reporting System
EETT - Enhancing Education Through Technology
EFAB - Education Funding Advisory Board
EFAC - Education Funding Advisory Committee
EFE - Education for Employment
EFT - Electronic Fund Transfer
EGMS - Electronic Grants Management System
EI - Early Intervention
EIPA - Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
EIS - Early Intervening Services
EIS - Employment Information System
ELA - English Language Arts
ELIS - Educator Licensure Information System
EL - English Learning
ELS - Educator License w/Stipulations
ETS - Educational Testing Service
EMAG - Elementary and Middle Grades Advisory Group
EMO - Education Management Organization
EMP - Educator Misconduct Project
EOY - End-of-Year
EPETF - Enhanced Physical Education in Illinois Task Force
EPSDT - Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
ESD - Elementary School District
ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL - English as a Second Language
ESP - Educational Surrogate Parent
ESSA - Every Student Succeeds Act
ESY - Extended School Year Services

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FAAS - Financial Assurance and Accountability System
FACS - Family and Consumer Sciences
FACTS - Funding and Child Tracking System
FAGC - Food Allergy Guidelines Committee
FAPE - Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
FAPE - Free and Appropriate Education
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment
FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America
FCCLA - Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
FDP - Food Distribution Program
FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FEWL - Financial Early Warning List
FFATA - Federal Funds Accountability and Transparency Act
FFVP - Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act
FMLA - Family Medical Leave Act
FMNV - Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value
FNS - Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FOP - Financial Oversight Panel
FP - Financial Profile
FRIS - Financial Reimbursement Information System
FRN - Federal Relations Network
FSMC - Food Service Management Company
FTE - Full Time Equivalent
FWL - Financial Watch List
FY - Fiscal Year

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GAC - Gifted Advisory Council
GAO - United States General Accounting Office
GASB - Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GEAC - Gender Equity Advisory Committee
GED - General Educational Development
GEI - Gifted Education Institute
GES - Gifted Education Seminar
GPFS - General Purpose Financial Statements
GMVT - Growth Model Value Table
GMWG - Illinois Growth Model Working Group
GSA - General Services Administration

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HACCP - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
HEA - Higher Education Act
HHFKA - Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
HI - Hearing Impaired
HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
H/LS - Health/Life Safety
HOSA - Health Occupations Students of America
HRC - Home School Resource Center
HSD - High School District
HSNE - Healthy School Nutrition Environment
HSTW - High Schools That Work
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
HUSSC - HealthierUS School Challenge

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IAA - Illinois Alternate Assessment
IAASE - Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education
IABDB - Illinois Advisory Board for Services for Persons Who are Deaf-Blind
IAC - Illinois Accessibility Code / Illinois Arts Council
IACBE - Illinois Advisory Council on Bilingual Education
IAECT - Illinois Association for Educational Communications & Technology
IAPHERD - Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
IAPT - Illinois Association for Pupil Transportation
IAQ - Indoor Air Quality
IARSS - Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools
IASA - Illinois Assoc. of School Administrators / Improving America’s Schools Act
IASB - Illinois Association of School Boards
IASBO - Illinois Association of School Business Officials
IATP - Illinois Assistive Technology Program
IATTAP - Illinois Autism Technical Training Assistance Program
IBHE - Illinois Board of High Education
ICCB - Illinois Community College Board
ICE - Illinois Computing Educators
ICEPR - Illinois Collaborative for Education Policy Research
ICEPT - Illinois Consumer Education Proficiency Test
ICPEA - Illinois Council of Professors of Educational Administration
ICR - Indirect Cost Rate
ICS - Illinois Commodity System
ICSA - Illinois Council of School Attorneys
ICTS - Illinois Certification Testing System
IDCFS - Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDHS - Illinois Department of Human Services
IDOT - Illinois Department of Transportation
IEA - Illinois Education Association
IEC - Illinois Energy Consortium
IECAM - Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map
IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation
IEG - Income Eligibility Guidelines
IEIN - Illinois Educator Identification Number
IELAAC - Illinois English Learner Assessment Advisory Committee
IELRA - Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act
IELRB - Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
IEMA - Illinois Emergency Management Agency
IEP - Individualized Education Program
IEP - Immigrant Education Program
IESA - Illinois Elementary School Association
IFAC - Illinois Financial Advisory Committee
IFSP - Individualized Family Service Plan
IFT - Illinois Federation of Teachers
IHE - Institution of Higher Education
IHSA - Illinois High School Association
II - Innovation and Improvement
IICC - Illinois Interagency Coordinating Council
IIRC - Illinois Interactive Report Card
ILCS - Illinois Compiled Statues
ILDS - Illinois Longitudinal Data System
ILDSDAC - Illinois Longitudinal Data System Data Advisory Committee
ILTS - Illinois Licensure Testing System
ILEARN - Illinois Local Education Agency Retrieval Network
ILS - Illinois Learning Standards
ILSNA - Illinois School Nutrition Association
IMAGE - Illinois Measure of Annual Growth in English
IMSA - Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
IMTF - Instructional Mandates Task Force
INCS - Illinois Network of Charter Schools
INSPRA - Illinois chapter of the National School Public Relations Association
IOC - Illinois Office of Comptroller
IOES - Illinois Office of Educational Services
iOS - Apple Operating System
IPA - Illinois Principals Association
IPAM - Illinois Program Accounting Manual
IPCRB - Illinois Purchase Care Review Board
IPTAC - Illinois Pupil Transportation Advisory Committee
IPTIP - Illinois Public Treasurers’ Investment Pool
IRA - International Reading Association
IRC - Illinois Reading Council / Illinois Resource Center
IRFC - Illinois Reading First Center
IRTF - Illinois Recess Task Force
ISAC - Illinois State Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities
ISAT - Illinois Standards Achievement Test
ISBE - Illinois State Board of Education
ISC - Intermediate Service Center
ISCS - Illinois State Course System
ISDA - Illinois School District Agency
ISDLAF+ - Illinois School District Liquid Asset Fund Plus
ISEL - Illinois Snapshot of Early Literacy
ISFSA - Illinois School Food Service Association
ISIP - Illinois School Improvement Planning Framework
ISIS - Illinois Student Information System
ISLE - Illinois Shared Learning Environment
ISLMA - Illinois School Library Media Association
ISOS - Illinois Secretary of State
ISS - In-School Suspension
ISRC - Illinois Service Resource Center
ISSRA - Illinois School Student Records Act
ISTA - Illinois School Transportation Association
ISTAC - Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Collaborative
I-STAR+ - IEP special education tracking and reporting system
ISTE - International Society for Technology in Education
ITBS - Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
IVHS - Illinois Virtual High School
IWAS - ISBE Web Application Security System

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JAD - Joint Application Development
JCAR - Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
JILG - Jobs for Illinois Graduates
JROTC - Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
JTPA - Job Training Partnership Act

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K - Kindergarten
KIDS - Kindergarten Individual Development Survey

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LAAAC - Language Arts Assessment Advisory Committee
LAN - Local Area Network
LBS - Learning Behavior Specialist (Educator Licensure)
LD - Learning Disabled
LEA - Local Educational Agency
LEND - Legislative Education Network of DuPage
LEP - Limited English Proficiency
LIPLEPS - Language Instruction Program for Limited English Proficient Students
LOC - Library of Congress
LRA - Local Records Act
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
LPDC - Local Professional Development Committee
LS - Learning Supports
LUDA - Large-Unit District Association

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MAAC - Mathematics Assessment Advisory Committee
MDR - Manifestation Determination Review
MIDAS - Management Information Database Accounting System

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NACSA - National Association of Charter School Authorizers
NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAESP - National Association of Elementary School Principals
NAEYC - National Association of Education for Young Children
NAPCS - National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
NAPE - National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAPT - National Association of Pupil Transportation
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASBE - National Association of State Boards of Education
NASDSE - National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NASDTEC - National Assoc. of State Directors of Teacher Education & Certification
NASS - National Affiliation of Superintendent Searchers
NASSP - National Association of Secondary School Principals
NASTA - National Association of State Textbook Administrators
NBEA - National Business Education Association
NBPTS - National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
NCA - North Central Association
NCATE - National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
NCES - National Center for Education Statistics
NCLB - No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
NCREL - North Central Regional Education Laboratory
NCRRC - North Central Regional Resource Center
NCRVE - National Center for Research in Vocational Education
NCS - National Computer Systems
NEA - National Education Association / National Endowment for the Arts
NEC - National Electric Code
NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities
NES - National Evaluation Series (Gifted Education)
NET - Nutrition Education and Training Program
NETS - National Educational Technology Standards
NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
NFSMI - National Food Service Management Institute
NGA - National Gallery of Art / National Governor’s Association
NGSS - Next Generation Science Standards
NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIMAC - National Instructional Materials Access Center
NIMAS - National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
NOAPPP - National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Prevention
NPS - National Park Service
NRT - Norm-Referenced Test
NSB - National School Breakfast
NSBA - National School Boards Association
NSDC - National Staff Development Council
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSLP - National School Lunch Program
NSPRA - National School Public Relations Association
NSTA - National Science Teachers Association
NSTA - National School Transportation Association

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OCR - Office of Civil Rights
OEPP - Operating Expense Per Pupil
OERI - Office of Educational Research and Improvement
OHI - Other Health Impaired
OIG - Office of Inspector General
OMA - Open Meetings Act
OMB - U.S. Office of Management and Budget
ORS - Office of Rehabilitative Services
OS - Operating System
OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs (US Dept. of Ed.)
OSERS - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OT - Occupational Therapy
OVS - Offer versus Serve

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PA - Public Act
PAL - Planned Assistance Level
PARCC - Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
Part B - Rules for Children Pre-K through 21 Years of Age
Part C - Rules for Children Birth Through Two Years of Age
PBA - Performance-based Assessment
PBS - Positive Behavior Support / Public Broadcasting Service
PBIS - Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports
PCTC - Per Capita Tuition Charge
PDF (.pdf) - Portable Document Format
PE - Physical Education
PEAC - Performance Evaluation Advisory Council
PEL - Professional Educator License
PERA - Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010
PFA - Preschool for All
PH - Physically Handicapped
PK - Pre-kindergarten
PPFT - President’s Physical Fitness Test
PRESS - Policy Reference Education Subscription Service
PRM - Policy Reference Manual
PRP - Professional Review Panel
PSAE - Prairie State Achievement Examination
PSAG - Pre-Service Standards Advisory Group
PSAT - Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
PSD - Public School District
PT - Physical Therapy
PT3 - Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology
PTA - Parent Teacher Association
PTAB - Property Tax Appeal Board
PTELL - Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
PTO - Parent Teacher Organization
PTRG - Property Tax Relief Grant
PUNS – Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services

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QA - Questions and Answers
QAIP - Quality Assurance and Improvement Planning
QZAB - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds

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RCCI - Residential Child Care Institution
REA - Reading Excellence Act
RID - Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
RFBD - Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
RFC - Regional Financial Consultant
RFP - Request for Proposal
RFSP - Request for Sealed Proposal
RS - Rising Star
ROE - Regional Offices of Education
RPDRC - Regional Professional Development Review Committees
RtI - Response to Intervention
RT3 - Phase 3 of the Race to the Top Program
RTTT - Race to the Top Program (Federal)
RTTT3 - Phase 3 of the Race to the Top Program

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SAC - Student Advisory Council to the State Board of Education
SAHE - State Agency for Higher Education
SAG - Superintendent Advisory Group
SAP - Student Assistance Program
SARC - State Assessment Review Committee (f/k/a State Testing Review Committee STRC)
SAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test
SAT-9 - Stanford Achievement Test – 9th Edition
SBN - School Based Nutrition Programs
SBP - School Breakfast Program
SBPTF - School Bullying Prevention Task Force
SBRR - Scientifically Based Reading Research
SCASS - State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards
SCOPE - South Cooperative Organization for Public Education
SCSC - State Charter School Commission
SD - School District
SEA - State Education Agency
SEARS - Special Education Approval and Reimbursement
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
SEDS - Special Education Database System
SEL - Social and Emotional Learning Standards
SELA - Special Education Leadership Academy
SEMRS - Special Education Monitoring and Reporting System
Senate Bill 7 - The education reform bill linking performance evaluation to employment and certification decisions.
SEPLB - Illinois State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board (formerly STCB)
SES - Supplemental Education Services
SES - Socio-Economic Status
SETFPE - Stakeholder and Expert Task Force on Physical Education
SFA - School Finance Authority / School Food Authority
SFSF - State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program / Federal State Fiscal Stabilization Funds
SFSP - Summer Food Service Program
SHAC - School Health Advisory Committee (aka Critical Health Problems (CHP) & Comprehensive Health Education (CHE) Advisory Committee)
SHPPS - School Health Policy and Programs Study
SIP - School Improvement Plan
SIROEC - Streamlining Illinois' Regional Offices of Education Commission
SIRS - School Incident Reporting System
SIS - Student Information System
S&L - Speech and Language
SLD - Specific Learning Disability
SLF - State Local and Federal Financing for Illinois Public Schools
SLO - Student Learning Objectives
SLP - Speech-Language Pathologist
SLRMA - School Leaders Risk Management Association
SMP - Special Milk Program
SNA - School Nutrition Association
SNP - School Nutrition Programs
SOS - System of Support
SPP - State Performance Plan
SRTT - School Reform Through Technology
SSO - Seamless Summer Option
SSOS - State System of Support
SSSTF - School Security and Standards Task Force
SSTF - School Success Task Force
STCB - State Teacher Certification Board (now known as Illinois State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board - SEPLB)
STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics
STRC - State Testing Review Committee (n/k/a SARC - State Assessment Review Committee)
STW - School To Work
SUB - Substitute Teaching License
SY - School Year

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TAG - Targeting Achievement through Governance
TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TAOEP - Truants Alternative and Optional Education Program
TAP - Test of Academic Proficiency
TBE - Transitional Bilingual Education
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
TCIS - Teacher Certification Information System
TCPSTF - Truancy in Chicago Public Schools Task Force
TESOL-BE – Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
THSD - Township High School District
TIF - Tax Increment Financing
TILAG - Teacher Instructional Leader Advisory Group
TIMSS - Third International Math and Science Study
TLCF - Technology Literacy Challenge Funds
TLCF - Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
TN - Team Nutrition
TPAD - Tech Prep/Associate Degree
TPI - Transitional Program of Instruction
TRRTF - Teacher Recruiting and Retention Task Force
TRS - Teachers' Retirement System
TSL - Targeting Student Learning
TSR - Teacher Service Record

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USD - Unit School District
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
USDOE - United States Department of Education
USGS - United States Geological Survey

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VI - Visually Impaired
VSAG - Virtual School Advisory Group
VSR - Verification Summary Report

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WAN - Wide Area Network
WCSIT - Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Trust
WECEP - Work Experience and Career Exploration
WIA - Workforce Investment Act
WINS - Web-based Illinois Nutrition System
WTW - Welfare to Work

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