Arizona Educational Acronyms

• A – Autistic 
• AAC- Arizona Administrative Code
• AACO – Arizona Association of Counties
• AACSS – Arizona Association of County School Superintendents
• AASBO – Arizona Association of School Business Officials
• ABEC – Arizona Business Education Coalition
• ABIL – Arizona Bridge to Independent Living
• ACDHH – Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences
• ACFE – Arizona Chapter of Financial Executives
• ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
• ADA – Average Daily Attendance
• ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
• ADE – Arizona Department of Education
• ADE/ESS – ADE Exceptional Student Services
• ADE/PINS – ADE Parent Information Network Specialists
• ADEQ – Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
• ADHD – Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• ADHS – Arizona Department of Health Services
• ADL – Activities of Daily Living
• ADM- Average Daily Membership
• AEA – Arizona Education Association
• AESA – Association of Education Service Agencies
• AFHE – Arizona Families for Home Education
• AFR – Annual Financial Report
• AG – Auditor General or Attorney General
• AGO – Attorney General Opinion
• AIPO – Arizona Immunization Program Office
• ALEC – American Legislative Exchange Council 
• ALEK – Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces 
• ALICE – Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed
• Alt. AAG – Alternative (Education), Accountability Advisory Group
• AOC – Administrative Office of the Courts (of the Arizona Supreme Court)
• AOI – Arizona Online Instruction (formerly TAPBI)
• APE – Adaptive Physical Education
• APOR – Apportionment Report
• ARP – American Rescue Plan
• ARS – Arizona Revised Statutes
• ARSA – Arizona Rural Schools Association
• ASA – Arizona School Administrators
• ASBA – Arizona School Boards Association
• ASDB – Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind
• ASL – Aggregate Spending Limit
• ASU – Arizona State University
• AT – Assistive Technology
• ATA – Arizona Teachers Academy
• ATRA – Arizona Tax Research Association
• AV – Assessed Value
• AVID – Advancement via Individual Determination
• AZELLA – Arizona English Language Learner Assessment
• AZ-TAP – Arizona Technology Access Program
• AZTEA – Arizona Technology in Education Association

• BBCF – Budget Balance Carry Forward 
• BHS – Behavioral Health Services
• BIE – Bureau of Indian Education (formerly BIA, Bureau of Indian Affairs)
• BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan
• BSL – Base Support Level 

• CAA – Charter Additional Assistance
• CAC – Certification Advisory Committee
• CAFR – Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 
• CARES ACT – Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
• CBO – Congressional Budget Office
• CCSSO – Council of Chief State School Officers
• CEC – Council for Exceptional Children
• CEP – Collaborative Education Partners
• CFPB – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• CIPA – Child Internet Protection Act
• CNA – Comprehensive Needs Assessment
• CORL – Capital Outlay Protection Act 
• COVID-19 – CoronaVirus
• CPI – Consumer Price Index 
• CSO – Chief Science Officers
• CRSSA – Corona Virus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation 
• CRT – Critical Race Theory
• CSPD – Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
• CSS – County School Superintendent OR Catholic Social Service
• CTE – Career and Technical Education
• CTSA – Computer Science Teachers Association

• DAA – District Additional Assistance
• DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Dreamers)
• DD – Developmental Delayed
• DDD – Division of Developmental Disabilities
• DDS – Defensive Driving School
• DEI – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• DEMA – Department of Emergency and Military Affairs
• DERA – Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
• DRP – Drop Out Recovery
• DSI – Dual Sensory Impairments
• DSL – District Support Level 

• ECF – Emergency Connectivity Fund
• ED – Emotional Disability
• EDGAR – Education Department General Administrative Regulations
• EIPS – Electronic Incident Prevention System
• ELA – English Language Arts
• ELL – English Language Learner
• EMO – Educational Management Organization
• EPA – Environmental Protection Act 
• EPM – Elections Procedures Manual 
• ERAU – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• ESEYC – Educational Scholarship Endowment of Yavapai County
• ESA – Education Service Agency OR Empowerment Scholarship Account
• ESD – Elementary School District
• ESF – Education Stabilization Fund 
• ESS – Exceptional Student Services
• ESSA – Every Student Succeeds Act
• ESSER – Emergency and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
• ESY – Extended School Year

• FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
• FBA – Functional Behavioral Assessment
• FCDL – Funding Commitment Decision Letter
• FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
• FFMA – Forest Fee Management Association
• FLOTUS – First Lady of the United States
• FTE – Full Time Equivalent
• FTTP – Fiber to the Premises (Broadband)

• GCU – Grand Canyon University
• GEER – Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund
• GDP – Gross Domestic Product
• GLBT – Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender
• GPLET – Government Property Lease Excise Tax 
• GSN – Generation Schools Network

• HI – Hearing Impaired
• HBCU- Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• IEE – Independent Educational Evaluation
• IEP – Individualized Education Program
• IFSP – Individualized Family Service Plan
• IGA – Intergovernmental Agreement
• IHE – Institution of Higher Education
• IL – Independent Living
• ILC – Independent Living Center
• IPP – Individualized Program Plan
• ITC – In The Cloud
• ITM – Instructional Time Model
• IVEP – Individualized Vocational Education Plan

• JLBC – Joint Legislative Budget Committee
• JTED – Joint Technical Education District

• K – Kindergarten 
• K-3 – Kindergarten through Third Grade
• K-8 – Kindergarten through Eighth Grade
• K-12 – Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade 

• LD – Learning Disability
• LEA – Local Education Agency
• LGIP – Local Government Investment Pool (Arizona State Treasurer’s Office)
• LGBT – Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender
• LRE – Least Restrictive (Educational) Environment
• LT- Leadership Team
• LOA – Letter of Agency, used for eRate

• MAP – Military and Public Safety Committee of the Arizona Legislature
• M&O – Maintenance and Operation
• MD – Multiple Disabilities
• MCESA – Maricopa County Education Service Agency
• MET – Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team
• MID – Mild Intellectual Disability
• MOID – Moderate Intellectual Disability
• MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
• MTBF – Meant Time Between Failure (Broadband)

• NAEP – National Assessment of Educational Progress
• NACO – National Association of Counties
• NASBE – National Association of State Boards of Education
• NAU – Northern Arizona University
• NCLB – No Child Left Behind
• NLCS – National Conference of State Legislators 
• NEA – National Education Association

• OCR – Office of Civil Rights (of US Department of Education)
• OELAS – Office of English Language Acquisition Services
• OHI – Other Health Impaired
• OI – Orthopedic Impairments
• OJT – On-the-Job Training
• OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs
• OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• OT – Occupational Therapy/Therapist

• PCP – Person Centered Plan
• PE – Physical Education
• PFC – Proper for Consideration
• PFP – Pay for Performance
• PIA – Program Integrity Assurance
• PII – Personally Identifiable Information
• PLETF – Permanent Land Endowment Trust Fund
• POE – Power Over Ethernet
• POP – Point of Presence 
• PPAC – Professional Practices Advisory Committee
• PQA Payment Quality Assurance 
• PSD – Pre-school with Disabilities 
• PT – Physical Therapy/Therapist

• QTL – Qualifying Tax Levy
• QTR – Qualifying Tax Rate

• R – Resource 
• RAL – Receipt Acknowledgment Letter
• RCL – Revenue Control Limit
• RFI – Request for Information
• RFP – Request for Proposals
• RFCDL – Revised Funding Commitment Decision Letter
• RFQ – Request for Quotes
• RGA – Request for Grant Application 
• RSA – Rehabilitation Services Administration
• RTI – Response to Intervention

• SAIS – Student Accountability Information System 
• SAREC – Southern Arizona Regional Education Center
• SAP – School Accelerator Program
• SBE – State Board of Education
• SC – Self Contained 
• SCOTUS – Supreme Court of the United States
• SDER – School District Employee Report
• SDI – Specially Designed Instruction
• SEA – State Education Agency
• SEDD – Special Education Discipline Dashboard 
• SEI – Structured English Immersion
• SES – Socioeconomic Status
• SGT – Student Growth to Target
• SID – Sever Intellectual Disability
• SIX – State Innovation Exchange
• SLD – Specific Learning Disability
• SLI – Specific Language Impairment
• SLP – Speech-Language Pathologist
• SOP – Summary of Performance OR Standard Operating Procedure
• SPED – Special Education
• SPI – Superintendent of Public Instruction
• SPIN – Service Provider Identification Letter 
• SSA – Social Security Administration
• SSDI – Social Security Disability Insurance
• SSI – Supplemental Security Income
• STW – School to Work
• Students FIRST – Fair and Immediate Resources For Students Today

• TAC – Technical Advisory Committee
• TAG – Talented and Gifted
• TAN – Tax Anticipation Notes
• TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
• TEI – Teacher Experience Index
• TRCL – Transportation Revenue Control Limit
• TSL – Transportation Support Level 

• UA – University of Arizona
• USD – Unified School District
• USDOE – United States Department of Education
• USFR – Uniform System of Financial Records
• USAC – Univeral Service Administration Corporation
• UOP – University of Phoenix

• VACTE – Valley Academy of Career and Technology Education (JTED)
• VI – Visual Impairment
• VR – Vocational Rehabilitation

• WBL – Web Based Learning
• WCRSC – West Central Regional Service Center

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• YCESA – Yavapai County Education Service Agency
• YCEF – Yavapai County Education Foundation
• YCETC – Yavapai County Education Technology Consortium
• YTP – Youth Transition Project

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