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| AA | Affirmative Action |
| AASA | American Association of School Administrators |
| AASL | American Association of School Librarians |
| AC | Academic Challenge |
| ACE | Alternative Cooperative Education |
| ACT | American College Test |
| ACTE | Association for Career and Technical Educators |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ALC | Affective Learning Center |
| ALP | Advanced Learning Plan |
| AMAO | Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives |
| AOD | Alcohol and Other Drugs |
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| AP | Accounts Payable |
| AP | Advanced Placement |
| APE | Adaptive Physical Education |
| APT | Administrative/Professional/Technical |
| ASBO | Association of School Business Officials International |
| ASCENT | Accelerating Students through Concurrent Enrollment |
| AUP | Acceptable Use Policy (Internet Use Agreement) |
| AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan |
| BOE | Board of Education |
| BOTAG | BOCES/Thompson Assessment Group |
| BS | Business Services |
| BWE | Business Work Experience |
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| C-FIRS | Colorado Federal Integrated Review System |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design |
| CAPS | Child Assault Protection Skills |
| CAFR | Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |
| CASB | Colorado Association of School Boards |
| CASBO | Colorado Association of School Business Officials |
| CASPA | Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators |
| CASE | Colorado Association of School Executives |
| CAT | Computer Adaptive Testing |
| CBE | Colorado Business Educators |
| CBL | Comprehensive Balanced Literacy |
| CBLA | Colorado Basic Literacy Act |
| CBM | Comprehensive Balanced Math |
| CBOCES | Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services |
| CCCS | Colorado Community College Systems |
| CCP | Certified Competency Program |
| CCR | Communication and Community Resources |
| CDE | Colorado Department of Education |
| CDL | Commercial Driver’s License |
| CDPS | Colorado Department of Public Safety |
| CEA | Colorado Education Association |
| CEBT | Colorado Educational Benefit Trust |
| CELAplace | Colorado English Language Assessment |
| CELApro | Colorado English Language Assessment |
| CELL | Comprehensive Early Literacy Learning |
| CGFOA | Colorado Government Finance Officers Association |
| CHSAA | Colorado High School Activities Association |
| CIP | Classification of Instruction Programs |
| CIC | Curriculum Improvement Council |
| CLASS | Classroom Assessment Scoring System |
| CMEA | Colorado Marketing Educators Association |
| CMEA | Colorado Music Educators Association |
| COACT | Colorado ACT (American College Test) |
| COSPRA | Colorado School Public Relations Association |
| CPI | Crisis Prevention Institute |
| CPM | College Preparatory Mathematics |
| CPP | Colorado Preschool Program |
| CPS | Child Protective Services |
| CRLT | Cultural Responsiveness Leadership Team |
| CRS | Colorado Revised Statutes |
| CRSC | Colorado Rural School Caucus |
| CRT | Criterion Referenced Test |
| CRT | Criterion Referenced Test |
| CSAC | Classified Staff Advisory Council |
| CSAP | Colorado Student Assessment Program |
| CSAP-A | Colorado Student Assessment Program-Alternate |
| CSFA | Colorado School Foundations Association |
| CSI | Committee for System Improvement |
| CST | Customer Service Technician |
| CT | Critical Thinking |
| CTE | Career and Technical Education |
| CTSO | Career and Technical Student Organization |
| CFWE | Consumer/Family Work Education |
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| DAAC | District Accountability Advisory Committee |
| DAC | District Assessment Coordinator |
| DECA | “A marketing association for students” (previous acronym is obsolete) |
| DIBELS | Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills |
| DIRT | District Intervention Response Team |
| DIST | District Intensive Support Team |
| DMI | Developing Mathematical Ideas |
| DMS | District Media Services |
| DORA | Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment |
| DRA2 | Developing Reading Assessment Second Edition |
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| EC | Early Childhood |
| ECERS | Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale |
| EDAC | Equity and Diversity Advisory Council |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| ELPA | English Language Proficiency Act |
| EIS | Early Intervening Services |
| ELA | English Language Acquisition |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| ELPA | English Language Proficiency Act |
| EPAS | Educational Planning and Assessment System |
| ES | Elementary School |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 |
| ESS | Exceptional Student Services |
| ESSAC | Exceptional Student Services Advisory Committee |
| ESY | Extended School Year |
| ETIL | Educational Technology and Information Literacy |
| ETOC | Educational Television Organization of Colorado |
| ExLL | Extended Literacy Learning |
| EXPLORE | Career Interest Achievement Test |
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| FACS | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| FAPE | Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FAPT | Family Assessment and Planning Team |
| FBA | Functional Behavioral Assessment |
| FBLA | Future Business Leaders of America |
| FCCLA | Family, Career and Community Leaders of America |
| FFBP | Flexible Fringe Benefit Plan |
| FEP | Fluent English Proficient |
| FMLA | Family and Medical Leave Act |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| FARM | Free and Reduced Meals |
| FRCC | Front Range Community College |
| FS | Financial Services |
| FSP | Family Service Provider (EC) |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
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| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Practices |
| GASB | Governmental Accounting Standards Board |
| GED | Graduate Equivalency Diploma |
| GEMS | Gender Equity in Math and Science |
| GFOA | Government Finance Officers Association |
| GPA | Grade Point Average |
| GT | Gifted and Talented |
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| HB | House Bill |
| HCC | Healthier Communities Coalition |
| HI | Hearing Impaired |
| HLLI | Hispanic Latino Leadership Institute |
| HOPE | Healthy Opportunities for Personal Education |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HS | High School |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning |
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| IB | International Baccalaureate |
| IC | Infinite Campus |
| IC | Instructional Coach |
| ICAP | Individual Career and Academic Plan |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IDEIA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act |
| IEP | Individualized Education Plan |
| IFAS | Integrated Financial and Administrative Solution |
| IGA | Intergovernmental Agreement |
| ILC | Intensive Learning Center |
| ILP | Individual Literacy Plan (State acronym) |
| IRC | Information Review Conference |
| ISTE | International Society for Technology in Education |
| ISTS | Instructional Support & Technology Services |
| IT | Industrial Technology |
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| JIC | Joint Insurance Committee |
| JSPC | Juvenile Services Planning Committee |
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| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LC | Learning Center |
| LCETS | Larimer County Employment and Training Services |
| LCIOG | Larimer County Interagency Oversight Group |
| LEA | Local Educational Agency |
| LEP | Limited English Proficient |
| LINKS | TVHS Business to Classroom Plan |
| LISA | Loveland Area Integrated School of the Arts |
| LPEP | Literacy Personalized Education Plan |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
| LRSEA | Loveland Retired School Employee Association |
| LS | Learning Services |
| LTD | Long Term Disability |
| LUC | Latinos Unified in Community |
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| MAP | Measures of Academic Progress |
| MESA | Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement |
| MHSA | Mental Health Substance Abuse Steering Committee |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MMO | Making Meaning of Operations (Part of DMI) |
| MPC | Master Plan Committee |
| MS | Middle School |
| MWE | Marketing Work Experience |
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| NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| NAEYC | National Association for the Education of the Young Child |
| NETS | National Educational Technology Standards |
| NCE | Normal Curve Equivalence |
| NCLA | Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
| NS | Nutrition Services |
| NSBA | National School Board Association |
| NSFA | National School Foundation Association |
| NSPRA | National School Public Relations Association |
| NVCS | New Vision Charter School |
| NWEA | Northwest Evaluation Association |
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| OCR-U.S. | Office of Civil Rights |
| OT | Occupational Therapy |
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| PBS | Positive Behavior Support |
| PCC | Professional Concerns Committee |
| PEBC | Public Education and Business Coalition |
| PD | Professional Development |
| PERA | Public Employees Retirement Associations |
| PILO | Payments In-Lieu of (Land Dedication) |
| PIP | Performance Improvement Plan |
| PLAN | Career Assessment and Achievement Test |
| PLL | Professional Leadership and Learning |
| PLTW | Project the Way |
| PM | Preventive Maintenance |
| PMC | Performance Management Committee |
| PMI | Performance Management Incentive |
| PPO | Preferred Provider Organization |
| PPOR | Per Pupil Operating Revenue |
| PR | Payroll |
| PRT | Psychological Response Team |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| PTA | Parent/Teacher Association |
| PTF | Pandemic Task Force |
| PTO | Parent/Teacher Organization |
| PTR | Pupil/Teacher Ration |
| PV | Prior Year Vacation |
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| QPD | Quality Performance Department |
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| RIT | Rasch Unit |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RtI | Response to Intervention |
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| SA | Schools Attuned |
| SA | Systems Alignment |
| SAAC | Site Accountability Advisory Committee |
| SAC | School Assessment Coordinator |
| SADI | Standards and Assessment Development and Implementation Council |
| SAR | School Accountability Report |
| SAT | Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SB | Senate Bill |
| SBE | Standards Based Education |
| SEA | State Educational Agency |
| SEAC | Special Education Advisory Committee |
| SEP | School Effectiveness Plans |
| SIED | Significantly Identified Emotional Disability |
| SH/OA | School Health/Office Assistant |
| SIID | Sensory Integration Impairment Department |
| SIOP | Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol |
| SIPPS | Systematic Instruction in Phoneme Awareness, Phonics and Sight |
| Skills USA | CTSO for Industrial Tech Students |
| SLD | Specific Learning Disability |
| S/L | Speech/Language |
| SLP | Speech Language Pathologist |
| SLIC | Significant Limited Intellectual Capacity |
| SLIRP | Summer Literacy Intensive Reading Program |
| SO | Superintendent’s Office |
| SOARS | Secondary Options for Achievement Resulting in Success |
| SLBDS | Sick Leave Bank Donation |
| SPOT | Strategic Plan Oversight Team |
| SRO | School Resource Officer |
| SRS | Severity Rating Scale |
| SSC | Support Services Center |
| SSLT | School Support Leadership Team |
| SSS | Student Support Services |
| STC | School to Career |
| STL | School to Life |
| SWAAAC | State Wide Assistive, Augmentative/Alternative Communication |
| SWAP | School to Work Alliance Program |
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| TALK | Teachers Addressing Learning for Kids |
| TANS | Tax Anticipation Notes |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TC | Transportation Center |
| TCIRA | Thompson Council International Reading Association |
| TDSAC | Talent Development Services Advisory Council |
| TEA | Thompson Education Association |
| TEF | Thompson Education Foundation |
| TEN | Teacher Educator Network |
| TIC | Thompson Incentive Credit |
| TIF | Tax Increment Financing |
| TLT | Thompson Leadership Team |
| TOSA | Teacher on Special Assignment |
| TPP | Teen Parent Program |
| TSA | Technology Student Association |
| TSD | Thompson School District |
| TST | Thompson Schools Television |
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| USDE | United States Department of Education |
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| VALE | Victim Assistance Law Enforcement |
| VAT | Vinyl Asbestos Tile (Flooring) |
| VI | Visually Impaired |
| VITAL | Volunteers in Thompson Accentuation Learning |
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| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WC | Workers’ Compensation |
| WO | Work Order |