BA - Budget Adjustment

BOCES - Board of Cooperative Educational Services

BOS - Board of Supervisors

BPREP - Budget Preparation System

BPS - Position Budgeting Subsystem

BTIP - Beginning Teacher Induction Program

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CAFR - Comprehensive Annual Financial Program

CBL - Computer-Based Learning

CBT - Computer-Based Training

CCC - Computer Curriculum Corporation

CCMS - Central Control and Monitoring System

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

CI - Community Index

CIP - Capital Improvement Plan

COC - Community of Caring.  A national program for character education.

COG - Council of Governments

CogAT - Cognitive Abilities Test (2nd grade standardized test which provides information about students' developed abilities in verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning)

COMET- Children of Many Educational Talents

CPA - Certified Public Accountant

CPF - Central Procurement Fund

CPI-U - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

CPP - College Partnership Program

CSA - Comprehensive Services Act

CSM - Coordinated Services Model

CSR - Central Student Registration

CY - Calendar Year

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DECA - Distributive Education Clubs of America.  A national association of
marketing students.

DHR - Department of Human Resources

DIS - Disrespect Involving Students

DIT - Department of Information Technology

DMO - Dental Maintenance Organization

DOE - Department of Education

DPPO - Dental Preferred Provider Organization

DRA - Developmental Reading Assessment (used in primary grades)

DSS- Department of Vehicle Services

DVS- Department of Vehicle Services

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EARS - Elementary Academic Record System

EASE - Employee Assistance and Support Effort

ECAP - Early Childhood Assessment Package

ED - Emotional Disabilities

EDP - Electronic Data Processing

EDSL - Educational Decision Support Library

EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EHS - Early Head Start

EMR - Educable Mentally Retarded

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPO - Elect Choice Provider Organization

EQ - Education Quotient

ERFC - Educational Employees' Supplementary Retirement System of Fairfax
County

ERLES - Employee Readiness Limited English Speakers

ERS - Educational Research Service

ES - Elementary School

ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

ESOL - (formerly ESL) English for Speakers of Other Languages

ESY - Extended School Year

EV - Expanding Visions

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FAACS - Fixed Assets Accounting System

FAMIS - Financial Accounting Management Information System

FASTeam - Functional Application Support Team

FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America

FCC - Federal Communications Commission

FCCPTA - Fairfax County Council of Parent Teacher Associations.

FCERS - Fairfax County Employees' Retirement System

FCFT - Fairfax County Federation of Teachers

FCPA - Fairfax County Park Authority

FCPS - Fairfax County Public Schools

FCSB - Fairfax County School Board

FEA - Fairfax Education Association

FECEP/Head Start- Family and Early Childhood Education Program

FICA - Federal Insurance Contribution Act

FLE - Family Life Education

FLECAC - Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee

FLI - Foreign Language Immersion

FMLA - Family and Medical Leave Act

FMMS - Facilities Maintenance Management System

FOIA - Freedom of Information Act

FSA - Flexible Spending Accounts

FTE - Full-time Equivalent

FY - Fiscal Year

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GO - Graduate Outcome

GT - Gifted and Talented

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HI - Hearing Impaired

HMO - Health Maintenance Organization

HR - Human Resources

HRIS - Human Resources Information System

HS - High School

HVAC - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

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IA - Instructional Assistant

IAQ - Indoor Air Quality

IB - International Baccalaureate (h.s. classes and exams)

IBMYP -International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program

IBNR - Incurred but not Reported

IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP - Individual Education Plan

IGCSE - International General Certificate of Secondary

IMP - Instructional Materials Processing

IMS - Instructional Management System

I-Net - Institutional Network

IRS - Internal Revenue Service

IS - Instructional Services

ISA - Institute for Student Achievement

ISBN - International Standard Book Number

ISDM - Integrated Service Delivery Model

ISP - Intervention and Support Program

IT - Information Technology

ITS - Integrated Technology Services

IVR - Interactive Voice Response

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JLARC - Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (State legislative commission charged with review and evaluation of state programs and policies including education funding and reimbursement)

JROTC - Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps

JV - Junior Varsity


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K-12 - Kindergarten through 12th Grade

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LAN - Local Area Network

LCI - Local Composite Index

LD - Learning Disabilities

LEA - Local Education Agency

LEP - Limited English Proficiency

LIMS - Library Instructional Materials System

LOA - Leave of Absence

LT - Leadership Team

LTD - Long Term Disability

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MABE - Metropolitan Area Boards of Education

MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MOD - Moderately Retarded

MOD/SD - Moderate Retardation/Severe Disabilities

MR - Mild Retardation

MS - Middle School

MSA - Minority Student Achievement

MSAOC - Minority Student Achievement Oversight Committee

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NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NBPTS - National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

NCE - Noncategorical Elementary

NCTM - National Council for Teachers of Mathematics

NNAT - Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (standardized test administered in 2nd grade which provides a nonverbal measure of school learning ability that is related to classroom achievement)

NSBA - National School Boards Association

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OBS - Office of Budget Services

OEC - Office of Equity and Compliance

OECFS - Office of Early Childhood and Family Services

OHI - Other Health Impairment

OLSAT - Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test

OPTE - Office of Planning, Testing, and Evaluation

OSDT - Office of Staff Development and Training

OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Act

OSS - Office of Student Services

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PA - Public Address

PAFR - Popular Annual Financial Report

PALS - Phonological Awareness

PD - Physical Disability

PE - Physical Education

PEC - Physical Education Center

PHK - Partnership for Healthier Kids

PHTA - Public Health Training Assistant

PIN - Personal Identification Number

POS - Program of Studies (Required instructional program for FCPS outlining
curriculum content and essential knowledge and skills for each grade level)

PPEP - Principal Performance Evaluation Program

PSAT - Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test

PT - Part Time

PTA - Parent Teacher Association

PTA/PTO - Parent Teacher Association/Parent Teacher Organization

PTS - Professional Technical Studies

PTSA - Parent Teacher Student Association

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QPAS - Quality Programs Assurance System

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REOC - Replacement Equipment Oversight Committee

RFP - Request for Proposal

RI - Resource Index

RIMSS - Recurring Information Management System

ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps

RRHI - Reading Recovery - High Impact

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SAC - Student Advisory Council

SACC - School Age Child Care

SACS - Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

SAI - School-wide Achievement Index (index of individual school achievement
based on studentscores from the SOL tests and the Stanford 9 test)

SAI - Schoolwide Achievement Index

SAR - Summary Annual Report

SAT - Scholastic Achievement Test

SBC21 - Standards-Based Classroom of the 21st Century

SBTS - School-Based Technology Specialist

SCA - Student Council Association

SCF - School Construction Fund

SD - Severe Disability

SDFSCA - Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

SDFY - Safe and Drug-Free Youth

SDRT - Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test

SIP - Suspension Intervention Program

SMDS - Switched Multimegabit Data Service

SMS - Systems Management Software

SOA - Standards of Accreditation (State Board of Education standards for
evaluating public schools based primarily on SOL scores)

SOF - School Operating Fund

SOL - Standards of Learning (State curriculum guidelines and tests that
compare students' mastery of specific curriculum against a test standard)

SOQ - Standards of Quality (State laws that set minimum pupil teacher
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TCS - Teacher Collaboration Service

TDA - Tax Deferred Annuity

TEST - Technical Education Support Teams

TOPS - Technology Outreach and Program Support

TPEP - Teacher Performance Evaluation Program

TSA - Total School Approach

TSSC - Technology Support Services Center

TSSpec - Technology Support Specialist

TTT - Time to Teach

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USDA - United States Department of Agriculture

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VAPTA - Virginia Parent Teacher Association

VBOE - Virginia Board of Education

VDOE - Virginia Department of Education

VERII - Virginia Early Reading Intervention Initiative

VHSL - Virginia High School League (sports)

VI - Vision Impaired

VLPTP - Virginia Literacy Passport Testing Program

VRS - Virginia Retirement System

VSBA - Virginia School Boards Association

VSL- Virginia State Life Insurance

VTSIP - Virginia Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel

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WAN - Wide Area Network

WECEP - Vocational Work Experience Cooperative Education Program

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