Education Terms & Acronyms

LIST OF ACRONYMS

ACT American College Test

ACA Alliance Charter Academy

ACFR Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

ADM Average Daily Membership

ADMw Average Daily Weighted Membership

APC Associated Payroll Costs

ARC Annual Required Contributions

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ASB Associated Student Body

ASBO Association of School Business Officials International

AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination

BOLI Bureau of Labor and Industries

CCSS Common Core State Standards

CESD Clackamas Education Service District

COLA Cost of Living Adjustment

CET Construction Excise Tax

CIA Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

CIP Continuous Improvement Plan

COSA Coalition of Oregon School Administrators

CTE Career and Technical Education

ELA English Language Arts

EL English Learners

ESD Education Service District

ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act

ESSER Elementary and Secondary School Education Relief Fund

ESOL English Speakers of Other Languages

ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act

FAPE Free and Appropriate Public Education

FTE Full-Time Equivalency

GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board

GFOA Government Finance Officers Association

GO Bond General Obligation Bond

HR Human Resources (Department)

IA Instructional Assistant

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP Individualized Education Plan

LRE Least Restrictive Environment

NEA National Education Association

NS Nutrition Services

OAR Oregon Administrative Rules

OASBO Oregon Association of School Business Officials

OCCE Oregon City Community Education

OCEA Oregon City Education Association (Teachers’ Union)

OCSF Oregon City Schools Foundation

ODE Oregon Department of Education

OEA Oregon Education Association

OEIB Oregon Education Investment Board

OPEB Other Post-Employment Benefits

OPSRP Oregon Public Service Retirement plan

ORS Oregon Revised Statutes

OSBA Oregon School Boards Association

OSEA Oregon School Employee Asso. (Classified Union)

PEBB Public Employees Benefit Board

PERS Public Employees Retirement System

PBIS Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports

PLC Professional Learning Communities

QEM Quality Education Model

RHIA Retirement Health Insurance Account

SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test

SESS Springwater Environmental Sciences School

SIA Student Investment Account

SPED Special Education

SSA Student Success Act

SSF State School Fund

STAR Standardized Testing and Reporting

T&A Trust and Agency

TAG Talented and Gifted

TOSA Teacher on Special Assignment

TSPC Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

UAAL Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability