ACRONYM
A&S
A/E
ABC
ACRONYMS - School District of Palm Beach County
Administrators and Supervisors
Architect/Engineer
1) Associated Builders & Contractors or
2) Advisory Boundary Committee
ABP
AC
ACC
Academic Business Plan
Annual Contract
Authorization to Adjust Contingency
ACE
Adult and Community Education
ACL
Academic Construction Liaison
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD
AE
AESOP
AFT
AGE
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Accomplished Educator (evaluation for teacher)
Association of Educational Secretaries and
Office Professionals
American Federation of Teachers
Adult General Education
AHS
AIP
ALJ
Adult High School
Academic Improvement Plan
Administrative Law Judge
AMFA
ANSI
AP
ASA
Achievement Matters for All
American National Standards Institute
Advanced Placement or Assistant Principal
Autism Society of America
ASBC
American Standard Building Code
ASTM
ASVAB
ATD
American Society for Testing and Materials
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
Assistive Technology Device
AYP
BAE
BD
BEL
Adequate Yearly Progress
Basic Adult Education
Behavioral Disorder
Building Essential Literacy
BIA
Behavior Intervention Associate
BIP
BISCS
BSI
CAEP
Behavioral Intervention Plan
Bureau for Instructional Support and
Community Services
Bureau of School Improvement
Certified Adult Education Program
CAO
CAP
Chief Academic Officer
Construction Assistant Principal
CASAS
CAT
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System
Community Assessment Team
CBC
CBI
CBM
CC
CCA
CCDs
CDA
CELLA
CEP
CFO
CHIPS
CIM
CIO
CIT
CLF
CM
CMAA
CNNA
Criminal Background Check
Community-Based Instruction
Curriculum Based Measurement
Continuing Contract (this contract is no longer
offered but veteran teachers may have)
Contingency Change Authorization
Construction Change Directives
Child Development Associate
Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment
Community Education Partners
Chief Financial Officer
Comprehensive Human Resources Information Payroll System
Continuous Improvement Model
Chief Information Officer
Crisis Intervention Teacher
Community Language Facilitator
Construction Manager
Construction Management Association of America
Consultant's Competitive Negotiations Act
CO
CO&DS
COBRA
Certificate of Occupancy
Capital Outlay and Debt Service
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COA
Chief Officer of Administration
COO
COPA
COPs
CORC
CORP
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Officer for Performance Accountability
Certificates of Participation
Construction Oversite and Review Committee
Change Order Request Proposal
CPC
CSA
Capitol Projects Coordinator
Concurrency Service Area
CSC
Children Services Council
CSR
Class Size Reduction
CSR
Class Size Reduction (Voter Approved Constitutional Mandate)
CST
CTA
Child Study Team
Classroom Teacher Association
CTAS
Classroom Teacher Assessment System
CTE
CWT
Career & Technical Education
Classroom Walk-Through
D.E.R.M.
Department of Environmental Resources Management
DA
DAR
Differentiated Accountability
Diagnostic Assessment of Reading
DC
DD
DD
Detention Center
Developmental Disabilities
Developmentally Delayed
DEP
DIAIP
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
District Intervention, Assistance and Improvement Plan
DIBELS
DJJ
DYNAMIC Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
Department of Juvenile Justice
DLF
DOAH
Developing Literacy First/ELIC
Department of Administrative Hearing
DOE
DOL
Department of Education
Department of Labor
DOP
DP
DPH
E.R.M.
EAP
EBC
ECO
ED
Drop Out Prevention
Disciplinary Process or Data Processor
Due Process Hearing
Environmental Resources Management also known as D.E.R.M.
Employee Assistant Program
Educational Building Council
Environmental Control Office
Emotional Disability
EDL
EDW
EEO
EETT
EH
EHPA
ELL
EMH
EP
ERP
ESE
ESEA
ESOL
ESP
ESY
ETS
Educational Developmental Laboratories
Educational Data Warehouse
Equal Employment Opportunity
Enhancing Education Through Technology
Emotionally Handicapped
Enhanced Hurricane Protection Areas
English Language Learners
Educable Mentally Handicapped
Educational Plan
Enterprise Resource Planning - The new computer system being
implemented
Exceptional Student Education
Elementary & Secondary Ed Act
English for Speakers of Other Languages
Elementary School Principals
Extended School Year (formerly known as summer school)
Educational Testing Service
FAC
FAN
FAPE
FBA
FCAT
FCIM
FDEP
FDLRS
FDOE
FEFP
FEFPA
FERPA
FETPIP
FF&E
FHESC
FIN
FISH
FLDOE-OEA
Florida Administrative Code
Family Action Network
Free and Appropriate Public Education
Functional Behavioral Assessment
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
Florida's Continuous Improvement Model
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Florida Diagnostic Learning Resources System
Florida Department of Education
Florida Education Finance Program
Florida Educational Facilities Planners' Association
Family Educational Rights Privacy Act
Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment
Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center
Florida Inclusion Network
Florida Inventory of School Houses
Florida Department Of Education - Office Of Equity and Access
FMLA
FND
FRL
FSA
FSP
FTC
FTE
FY
G.S.F.
GAAP
GED
GED
GLE
GMP
GPA
HATS
HI
HOUSSE
HPT
HRMD
Family Medical Leave Act
Family Network on Disabilities
Free and Reduced Lunch
Flexible Spending Account
Family
Support Plan
Film
& Television
Commission of PBC - They
handle the liability insurance paperwork for
any media wanting to do filming of documentaries,
Full Time Equivalency
Fiscal Year
Gross Square Feet
Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
General Educational Development
General Educational Diploma
Grade Level Expectations
Guaranteed Maximum Price
Grade Point Average
High Achieving Talented Students
Hearing Impaired
High Objective Uniform State Standard of Education
High Performing Teachers
Human Resources Management and Development System
HSCT
High School Competency Test
HSP
I&R
IAAP
IAES
IASA
High School Principals
Information and Referral
Individual Adult Academic Plan
Interim Alternative Educational Setting
Improving America’s Schools Act
IB
International Baccalaureate
IDEA
IDW
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Interim Data Warehouse
IEE
Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP
IFC
Individual Educational Plan
Instructional Focus Calendar
IFSP
IHP
Individualized Family Service Plan
Individualized Habilitation Program
IIT
Instructional Innovation Team
ILA
IRWE
ISS
Interlocal Agreements
Impairment-Related Work Expense
In-School Suspension
Independent Sales Surtax Oversight Committee (Oversees 1/2 penny sales
tax)
Information Technology (Department)
Intervention Team
Instructional Technical Support Assistant
Juvenile Assessment Center
Lake Worth Drainage District
Literacy Completion Points
Learning Disability
Local Educational Agency
ISSOC
IT
I-Team
ITSA
JAC
L.W.D.D.
LCP
LD
LEA
LEP
LI
LOS
LPAS/DA
LRE
LTF
Limited English Proficient
Language Impaired
Level of Services
Leadership Performance Appraisal System/
Assistant Principal (evaluation PBSD 1483)
Leadership Performance Appraisal System/
District Administrator PBSD1132
Least Restrictive Environment
Learning Team Facilitator
MDR
Manifestation Determination Review
MH
MH
MPO
MSAP
MSP
Mental Health
Mentally Handicapped
Maintenance & Plant Operations
Magnet Schools Assistant Plan
Middle School Principals
NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress
NBD
Neurobiological Disorders
NCE
NCES
NCF&O
NCLB
Normal Curve Equivalent
National Center for Educational Statistics
National Conference of Firemen and Oilers
No Child Left Behind
NEA
NEO
NIH
NMSQT
NPDES
NPRS
NRT
NSF
NSLP
NTP
O&M
OCD
OCR
OEF
National Education Association
New Employee Orientation
National Institutes of Health
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
Florida National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
National Percentile Rank and Stanine
Norm Referenced Test
Net Square Feet
National School Lunch Program
Notice to Proceed
Orientation and Mobility
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Office of Civil Rights (Federal)
Office of Educational Facilities
OHI
OI
OPPAGA
Other Health Impairment
Orthopedic Impairment
Office of Program Policy Analysis
and
Government
Accountability
Office
of Special Education
Programs (Federal)
LPAS/AP
OSEP
OSERS
OSS
OT
P&AA
P.E.
PANS
PAR
PARCC
PBSD
PDD
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (Federal)
Out of School Suspension
Occupational Therapy
Protection and Advocacy Agency
Physical Education
Prerequisite And Necessary Skills
Peer Assistance Review
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College & Careers
Palm Beach School District
Professional Development Day
PDD (ESE)
PDDNOS
PECO
PEN
PH
PHLOTE
PI
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorder not otherwise specified
Public Education Capital Outlay
Parent Education Network
Profoundly Handicapped
Primary Home Language Other Than English
Physically Impaired
PL94-142
PM
PMH
PPE
PSAT/
NMSQT
PSC
PSTF
PT
PZB
QAPR
QAR
QC
QZAB
R.F.I.
R.F.P.
R.F.Q.
ROI
ROTC
RRR
RTI
S.F.W.M.D.
SAC
SAC
SACC
SACR
SACS
SAI
SAL-P
SAR
SAT-10
SBCCI
SBT
SDPBC
SEA
SECME
SED
SEIU/FPSU
Education for all Handicapped Children Act – revised in 1990 to become IDEA
Program Management
Profoundly Mentally Handicapped
Periodic Performance Evaluation
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test
Professional Service Contract
Public School Technology Funds
Physical Therapy
Planning and Zoning Board
Quality Assurance Peer-Review
Quality Assurance Review
Quality Control
Qualified Zone Academy Bond
Request for Information
Request for Proposal
Request for Quote
Return On Investment
Reserve Officers Training Corp
Reading Running Records
Response To Intervention
South Florida Water Management District
School Advisory Council
Study Area Code
School-Age Child Care
School Advisory Council Report
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Supplemental Academic Instruction
Student Assessment Literacy Project
School Accountability Report
Stanford Achievement Test, 10th Edition
Southern Building Code Congress International
School Based Team
School District of Palm Beach County
State Education Agency
Science Engineering Communications Math Enrichment
Severe Emotional Disturbance
SEQ
SFS
SI
SIP
Si P
Service Employee International Union / Florida Public Service Union (union for Para
II, SFS, Maintenance, Transportation
School Effectiveness Questionnaire
School Food Service
Speech Impaired
School Improvement Plan
Standards in Practice
SLC
SLD
SLI
SLP
SP
SPA
SPAR
SREF
SRI
SRUSS
SSCA
SSDI
SSI
SSS
TABE
TAG
TAP
TBI
TCO
TDC
TDE
TERMS
TIEP
TMH
TQM
U.S.A.C.O.E.
U.S.C.O.E.
USDOE
UWFTE
VE
VI
VIPS
VOC-ED
VPK
WFTE
Smaller Learning Communities
Specific Learning Disability
Speech and Language Impaired
Speech Language Pathologist
Secondary Principals
Senior Project Administrator
School Public Accountability Report
State Requirements for Educational Facilities
Scholastic Reading Inventory
School Readiness Uniform Screening System
Single School Culture for Academics
Social Security Disability Insurance
Supplemental Security Insurance
Sunshine State Standards
Testing Adult Basic Education
Technical Advisory Group
Technical Assistance Paper
Traumatic Brain Injury
Temporary Certificate of Occupancy
Test Distribution Center
Temporary Duty Elsewhere
Total Educational Resource Management System
Transitional Individual Educational Plan
Trainable Mentally Handicapped
Total Quality Management
United States Army Corp of Engineers
United States Corps of Engineers
United States Department of Education
Unweighted Full-Time Equivalency
Varying Exceptionalities
Visual Impairment
Volunteers in Public Schools
Vocational Education
Voluntary Prekindergarten
Weighted Full-Time Equivalency