AA

Affirmative Action

AAC

Accessibility Advisory Committee

AASA

American Association of School Administrators

ACCR40

Carried Over Annual Leave from Previous Years

ACE

Alternative Cooperative Education

ACT

American College Test

ACTE

Association for Career and Technical Educators

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

AOD

Alcohol and Other Drugs

AP

Advanced Placement

APE

Adaptive Physical Education

AP

Accounts Payable

ASBO

Association of School Business Officials International

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy (Internet Use Agreement)

AYP

Adequate Yearly Progress

BOCES

Board of Cooperative Educational Services

BOE

Board of Education

BOTAG

BOCES/Thompson Assessment Group

BS

Business Services

BST

Behavior Support Team

BWE

Business Work Experience

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CAP

Career/Academic Plan

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

CELA

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

CIMS

Comprehensive Information Management for Schools

CMEA

Colorado Marketing Educators Association

COSPRA

Colorado School Public Relations Association

CPI

Crisis Prevention Institute

CPM

College Preparatory Mathematics

CPS

Child Protective Services

CRS

Colorado Revised Statutes

CRSC

Colorado Rural School Caucus

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

CST

Customer Service Technician

CT

Critical Thinking

CTAP

Colorado Teacher Applicant Pool

CTE

Career and Technical Education

CTSO

Career and Technical Student Organization

CFWE

Consumer/Family Work Education

DAAC

District Accountability Advisory Committee

DECA

“A marketing association for students” (previous acronym is obsolete)

DIRT

District Intervention Response Team

DLT

District Leadership Team

DMI

Developing Mathematical Ideas

DMS

District Media Services

DORA

Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment

DRA2

Developing Reading Assessment Second Edition

EC

Early Childhood

ED

Emotional Disability

EEOC

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ELPA

English Language Proficiency Act

ELA

English Language Acquisition

ELL

English Language Learner

ES

Elementary School

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

FACS

Family and Consumer Sciences

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

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Practices

GAIN

Group Approach to Individual Needs

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

HB

House Bill

HI

Hearing Impaired

HR

Human Resources

HS

High School

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning

IB

International Baccalaureate

IC

Instructional Coach

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP

Individualized Education Plan

IGA

Intergovernmental Agreement

ILP

Individual Literacy Plan (State acronym)

IRC

Information Review Conference

ISTS

Information Services & Technology Support

JIC

Joint Insurance Committee

LAN

Local Area Network

LCETS

Larimer County Employment and Training Services

LEP

Limited English Proficient

LINKS

TVHS Business to Classroom Plan

LISA

Loveland Area Integrated School of the Arts

LOA

Leave of Absence

LPEP

Literacy Personalized Education Plan

LRSEA

Loveland Retired School Employee Association

LTD

Long Term Disability

MAP

Measures of Academic Progress

MESA

Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement

MWE

Marketing Work Experience

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MMO

Making Meaning of Operations (Part of DMI)

MPC

Master Plan Committee

MS

Middle School

NAEP

National Assessment of Educational Progress

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

OCR

Office of Civil Rights

OS

Operational Services

OSLT

Operational Services Leadership Team

OT

Occupational Therapy

PBS

Positive Behavior Support

PCC

Professional Concerns Committee

P/CD

Perceptual or Communicative Disorder

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

POPS

People Offering People Support

PPO

Preferred Provider Organization

PPOR

Per Pupil Operating Revenue

PRT

Psychological Response Team

PT

Physical Therapy

PTA

Parent/Teacher Association

PTF

Pandemic Task Force

PTO

Parent/Teacher Organization

PV

Prior Year Vacation

RIT

Rasch Unit

RFP

Request for Proposal

RTI

Response to Intervention

SAAC

Site Accountability Advisory Committee

SADI

Standards and Assessment Development and Implementation Council

SAS

Student Achievement Services

SASI

School Administration Student Information

SASIXP

School Administration Student Information Cross Platform

SAT

Scholastic Aptitude Test

SB

Senate Bill

SBE

Standards Based Education

SBSDM

Site Based Shared Decision Making

SIED

Significantly Identified Emotional Disability

SEP

School Effectiveness Plans

SH/OA

School Health/Office Assistant

SIT

Student Intervention Team

Skills USA

CTSO for Industrial Tech Students

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

SSC

Support Services Center

STC

School to Career

STL

School to Life

SWAAAC

State Wide Assistive, Augmentative/Alternative Communication

SWAP

School to Work Alliance Program

TALK

Teachers Addressing Learning for Kids

TANS

Tax Anticipation Notes

TC

Transportation Center

TCIRA

Thompson Council International Reading Association

TDSAC

Talent Development Services Advisory Council

TEA

Thompson Education Association

TEF

Thompson Education Foundation

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

VALE

Victim Assistance Law Enforcement

VAT

Vinyl Asbestos Tile (Flooring)

VI

Visually Impaired

VITAL

Volunteers in Thompson Accentuation Learning

WAN

Wide Area Network

WC

Workers’ Compensation

WO

Work Order