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A
A+: After-School Plus Program
AA: Alternate Assessment
AABC: Attendance, Achievement, Behavior, and Course Grade Report
AAS: Alternate Assessment Standards
AAT: Associate of Arts in Teaching
ABE: Adult Basic Education
ABI: Acquired Brain Injury
ABR: Access Barrier Removal
ACCESS: Assessing Comprehensive and Communication in English State-to-State
ACCN: Authorized Courses and Code Numbers
ACE: Administrator Certification for Excellence
ACE: A Committee on Excellence
ACFN: Academic and Financial Plan
ACS: Accrediting Commission of Schools
ACT: Autism Consulting Teacher
ACT: College entrance exam formerly known as American College Testing, now just ACT
AD: Athletic Director
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA: Average Daily Absence
ADAD: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Division (State Department of Health)
ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADM: Average Daily Membership
ADR: Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADTSEA: American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association
AE: Adult Education
AED: Automatic External Defibrillator
AEFLA: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
AFP: Academic/Financial Plan
AFP: Annual Financial Plan
AFT: American Federation of Teachers
AG: Attorney General
AGE: Adult General Education
AGT: Academically Gifted and Talented
AHCT: Athletic Health Care Trainer
AHERA: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (federal)
AI: Artificial Intelligence
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIR: American Institutes for Research
AITS: Artists in the Schools
ALC: Alternative Learning Center
ALT: Academic Leadership Team
AMAO: Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
AMO: Annual Measurable Objective
AP: Advanced Placement
APC: Association Policy Committee
APD: Auditory Processing Disorder
API: Alternate Performance Indicators
APP: Art in Public Places
APR: Annual Performance Report (required by OSEP)
ARCH: Accountability Resource Center – Hawaiʻi
ARLISE: Alternative Route to Licensure in Special Education
ARP: American Rescue Plan
ARRA: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
ARS: Academic Review Status
ART: Academic Review Team
AS: Assistant Superintendent
ASA: Administrative Services Assistant
ASAD: Aloha State Association of the Deaf
ASB: Auxiliary Services Branch
ASCD: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASEBA: Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment
ASES: Assessing Special Education Students
ASI: Accreditation School Improvement
ASI: Aerospace Science Instructor
ASL: American Sign Language
ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
ASP: After School Snack Program
ASPIRE: Accelerating Successful Performance in Regular Education
ASR: Accountability Systems and Reporting
ASSSDE: Association of State Supervisors of Safety and Drivers Education
AST: Arts, Sciences and Technology
ASVAB: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
ASVPP: App Store Volume Purchase Program
AT: Assistive Technology
ATP: Approval to Pay
AUP: Acceptable Use Policy
AV: Audio-Visual
AVID: Advancement Via Individual Determination
AYP: Adequate Yearly Progress
B
B&F: Budget & Finance (State Department of)
BASC: Behavior Assessment System for Children
BASE: Bachelor of Arts in Special Education
BASICS: Basic Academic Skills Improvement through Core Subjects
BASIS: Basic Academic Skills Improvement System
B/BSHA: Bilingual/Bicultural School-Home Assistant
BESS: Balance Error Scoring System
BEST: Basic Education Skills through Technology
BFY: Budget Fiscal Year
BIASC: Big Island Association of Student Councils
BICS: Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
BIIF: Big Island Interscholastic Federation
BIMEA: Big Island Music Educators Association
BINL: Basic Inventory of Natural Language
BIP: Behavior Intervention Plan
BISCA: Big Island School Counselors’ Association
BMT: Benchmark Tracker
BOE: Board of Education (Hawaiʻi State)
BOR: Board of Regents
BOT-2: Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
BPA: Basic Practical Arts
BRS: Blue Ribbon Schools
BSC: Balanced Scorecard
BSI: Behavioral Symptom Index
BSP: Behavioral Support Plan
BTOP: Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
BU: Bargaining Unit
C
C-MORE: Center of Microbial Oceanography, Research and Education
CA: Communication Aide
CABM: Complex Area Business Manager
CACFP: Child and Adult Care Food Program
CAFAS: Child & Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale
CAG: Certified Allocation Guidelines
CAI: Computer-Assisted Instruction
CALLA: Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
CALP: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CAMHD: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (State Department of Health)
CAO: Complex Academic Officer
CAPA: Content Area Performance Assessment
CAPD: Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CAPE: Collaborative Action for Public Education
CAPS: Complex Area Personnel Specialist
CAR: Collection Activity Report
CAS: Complex Area Superintendent
CASAS: Comprehensive Adult & Student Assessment System
CASSP: Child and Adolescent Service System Program
CAST: Complex Area Support Team
CAT: California Achievement Test
CATV: Cable Access Television
CB: Collective Bargaining
CBA: Collective Bargaining Agreement
CBE: Competency-Based Education
CBI: Community-Based Instruction
CBM: Competency-Based Measures
CCC: Community Children’s Council
CCCO: Community Children’s Council Office
CCR: Cadet Command Regulation
CCSS: Common Core State Standards
CCR: College and Career Readiness
CCSSO: Council of Chief State School Officers
CCTV: Closed Circuit Television
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDS: Center on Disability Studies (University of Hawaiʻi)
CE: Community Education (Adult Education)
CEIS: Coordinated Early Intervening Services
CEP: Character Education Partnerships
CEP: Coaches Education Program
CEP: Community Eligibility Program
CERT: Civilian Emergency Response Team
CESSA: Comprehensive Evaluation System for School Administrators
CEU: Continuing Education Unit
CFDA: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CH: Abbreviation for “Chapter” (e.g. Chapter 34)
CHAP: Collaborative Human Resources Automation Project
CIB: Curriculum and Instruction Branch
CIMIP: Continuous Integrated Monitoring and Improvement Process
CIO: Chief Information Officer
CIP: Capital Improvement Program or Capital Improvement Project
CIR: Complaint Investigative Report
CIR: Computerized Information Retrieval
CIS: Communities in Schools (formerly Cities in Schools)
CISL: Certification Institute for School Leaders (formerly ACE)
CJIS: Criminal Justice Information System
CLIP: Core Learning Improvement Plan
CLMS: Centralized Library Management System
CM: Case Manager
CMI: Computer Managed Instruction
CMO: Charter Management Organization
CMP: Concussion Management Program
CMP: Complaints Management Program
CMP: Connected Math Program
CMS: Certified Mobility Specialist
CN: Canonical Name
CNA: Certified Nurse Aide
CNA: Comprehensive Needs Assessment
CNCS: Corporation for National and Community Service
CNS: Corporation for National Service
CNIPS: Child Nutrition Information Payment System
COE: College of Education
COMPETES: Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act of 2007
CoP: Community of Practice
CORE: Curriculum on Reading Excellence
COTA: Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
COW: Committee on Weights (Act 51, Weighted Student Formula)
CP: Cerebral Palsy
CPAR: Computer Purchase Approval Request
CPC: Centralized Processing Center (Public Library)
CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPR: Cultural Personnel Resources
CPS: Child Protective Services (obsolete see: CWS)
CPSS: Continuum of Proactive Student Supports
CRADLE: Center for Research and Development in Law-Related Education
CRAFT: Community Reinforcement Approach & Family Training
CRCO: Civil Rights Compliance Office
CRDC: U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
CRDG: Curriculum Research and Development Group
CRE: Coordinated Review Effort
CRES: Consortium on Reading Excellence Schools
CRM: Customer Relations Management
CRU: Crime Reduction Unit
CS&CS: Child Study & Consultation Service
CSA: Community School for Adults
CSAG: Classified/SSP Allocation Guidelines
CSAO: Charter School Administrative Office
CSAP: Comprehensive School Alienation Program (obsolete see: PSSAS)
CSD: Customer Service Desk
CSGTF: Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force
CSHP: Coordinated School Health Program
CSLC: Charter Schools Leadership Council
CSMHA: Center for School Mental Health Assistance
CSP: Charter School Program
CSP: Coordinated Service Plan
CSPD: Comprehensive System of Professional Development
CSPR: Consolidated State Performance Report
CSR: Coordinated Services Review / Comprehensive School Reform
CSRP: Charter School Review Panel
CSSSS: Comprehensive Student Support Services Section (OCISS)
CSSS: Comprehensive Student Support System
CTAPS: Consortium for Teaching Asia and the Pacific in the Schools
CTBS: Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills
CTCI: Classroom Teacher Computer Initiative
CTE: Career and Technical Education
CTEAC: Career & Technical Education Coordination Advisory Council
CTSO: Career and Technical Student Organization
CWS: Child Welfare Services
D
DAGS: Department of Accounting and General Services (Hawaiʻi State)
DAI: Directory of Army Instruction
DAP: Developmentally Appropriate Practices
DARE: Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DASH: Development Approach in Science and Health
DBE: Development Bilingual Education
DBEDT: Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (Hawaiʻi State)
D-B: Deaf-Blindness
DBL: Deaf-Blind
DC: Deferred Compensation
DC: Department Chairperson
DCAB: Disability and Communication Access Board
DCAPS: Dual-Credit Articulated Program of Study
DD: Developmental Delay (formerly ECLI-Early Childhood Learning Impairment)
DDC: Developmental Disabilities Council
DE: Driver Education
DEAR: Drop Everything and Read
DECA: Distributive Education Clubs of America
DELI: District Education Leadership Institute
DELLS: Database for English Language Learners
DES: District Educational Specialist
DF: Deaf
DGO: Data Governance Office
DH: Department Head
DHRD: Department of Human Resources Development (Hawaiʻi State)
DHS: Department of Human Services (Hawaiʻi State)
DI: Direct Instruction
DIP: Detailed Implementation Plan
DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DL: Digital Literacy
DLIR: Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (Hawaiʻi State)
DLNR: Department of Land and Natural Resources (Hawaiʻi State)
DLT: Distance Learning Technology
DNS: Domain Name Server
DOE: Department of Education (Hawaiʻi State)
DOH: Department of Health (Hawaiʻi State)
DOK: Depth of Knowledge
DOT: Department of Transportation (Hawaiʻi State)
DP: Data Processing
DPAC: District Parent Advisory Council (Title 1)
DPS: Department of Public Safety (Hawaiʻi State)
DPSA: Data Processing Systems Analyst
DQ: Data Quality
DQC: Data Quality Campaign
DR: Disaster Recovery
DRT: District Resource Teacher
DSI: Data for School Improvement
DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV
DTOY: District Teacher of the Year
DVR: Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (federal)
E
E-Academy: Magnet Electronic Academy
E-School: Electronic School
EA: Educational Assistant
EAB: Enterprise Architecture Branch
EAG: Enhanced Assessment Grant
EAP: Emergency Action Plan
EB: Employee Benefits
EBA: Emotional Behavioral Assessment
EBC: Employee Background Check
ECE: Early Childhood Education
ECETF: Early Childhood Education Task Force
ECLI: Early Childhood Learning Impairment (currently Developmental Delay)
ECOS: Education and Career Opportunities System
ECS: Education Commission of the States
ECSE: Early Childhood Special Education
eCSSS: Electronic Comprehensive Student Support System
ED: Emotional Disability
EDEN: Educational Data Exchange Network
EDF: Electronic Data File
EDFacts: U.S. Department of Education Electronic data management system
EDGAR: Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EDI: U.S. Education Delivery Institute
EDN: Abbreviation for Education; Budget Program Structure Designation for the Department of Education
EDP: Educational Data Processing
EE: Environmental Education
EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EES: Educator Effectiveness System
EETT: Enhancing Education Through Technology
EFF: Equipped for the Future
EFIG: Education Finance Incentive Grants
EFL: English as a Foreign Language
EGO: Equal Goals in Occupations
eHR: Electronic Human Resources system
EI: Educational Interpreter
EIEP: Emergency Immigrant Education Program (formerly Emergency Immigrant Education Act)
EIS: Early Intervention Section (State Department of Health)
EISB: Enterprise Infrastructure Services Branch
EISP: Enrichment in Science Program
ELA: English Language Arts
ELA: Enterprise License Agreement
ELC: Early Learning Council
ELC: Educational Leadership Conference
ELI: Education Leadership Institute
ELL: English Language Learner
ELO: Extended Learning Opportunities
ELOSS: Extended Learning Opportunities & Student Support
ELP: English Language Proficiency
ELT: Extended Learning Time
EM/E-Mail: Electronic Mail
EMO: Educational Management Organization
EO: Educational Officer
EOC: End of Course
EOEL: Executive Office on Early Learning
EOY: Employee of the Year
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (federal)
EPT: English Proficiency Test
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
ERP: Enterprise Resources Planning
ERS: Employees’ Retirement System
ES: Educational Specialist
ESAA: Emergency School Aid Act
ESAP: Elementary School Attendance Program
ESB: Enterprise System Branch
ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
eSIS: Electronic Student Information System
ESL: English as a Second Language (obsolete see: ELL)
ESLL: English for Second Language Learners (obsolete see: ELL)
ESLRs: Expected Schoolwide Learning Results
ESOL: English for Speakers of Other Language
ESSER: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
ESU: Environmental Services Unit
ESY: Extended School Year
ETA: Education Trend Analyzer
ETAL: Effective Teaching and Learning Project
ETC: Educational Technology Center
ETC: Employment Training Center
ETO: Employment Training Opportunities
ETS: Educational Testing Service
ETV: Educational Television
EUTF: Employer Union Trust Fund
EVAL: Evaluation
EWS: Early Warning System
EXCELL: Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners
EXIT: English and Cross (X) Cultural Improvement in Testing (Bilingual Education Project)
F
FA: Formative Assessment
FAMIS: Financial Accounting and Management Information System
FAPE: Free Appropriate Public Education
FAST: Foundational Approach in Science Teaching
FAY: Full Academic Year
FB: Fiscal Biennium
FBA: Functional Behavioral Assessment
FBLA: Future Business Leaders of America
FCCLA: Family Career and Community Leaders of America
FCPMO: Federal Compliance & Project Management Office
FDB: Facilities Development Branch
FDP: Food Distribution Program (may also be referred to as USDA Foods)
FEA: Future Educators of America
FEP: Fluent (or Fully) English Proficient
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FES: Fluent English Speaker
FFA: Future Farmers of America
FFR: Families for Resources and Early Access to Learning
FFVP: Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program
FGC: Family Guidance Center
FHA: Future Homemakers of America
FIN: House Committee on Finance (Hawaiʻi State)
FIFO: First In First Out
FL: Facilitative Leadership
FLES: Foreign Language in Elementary Schools
FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act
FMB: Facilities Maintenance Branch
FMLA: Family Medical Leave Act
FMS: Financial Management System
FOL: Focus on Learning (School Accreditation)
FOP: Framework Observation Program
FP: Financial Plan
FRC: Federal Resource Center
FRL: Free and Reduced Lunch
FRP: Felix Response Plan
FRS: Financial Reporting System
FSC: Fully Self–Contained
FSS: Family Support Services
FTE: Full-time Equivalency
FX: Foreign Exchange
FY: Fiscal Year
FYI: For Your Information
G
GCOC: Governor’s Committee on Crime
GE: Geographic Exception
GE/ACT: General Education/Article VI Classroom Teacher
GEAR UP: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
GED: General Educational Development (Test)
GEPA: General Education Provisions Act
GF: General Fund
GIS: Geographic Information System
GLC: Grade Level Chairperson
GLO: General Learner Outcomes
GPA: Grade Point Average
GSC: Graded Symptom Checklist
GRG: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
GSEG: General Supervision Enhancement Grant
GSS: General Supervision and Support
GT or G/T: Gifted and Talented
GT or GTF: Gastrostomy Tube or Gastrostomy Tube Feeding
H
H1N1: Novel Influenza
H-KISS: Hawaiʻi Keiki Information Service System
HĀ: Nā Hopena A‘o (BREATH)
HAAE: Hawaiʻi Alliance of Arts Education
HAAPAE: Hawaiʻi Association for Asian and Pacific American Education
HAEP: Hawaiʻi Arts Education Partnership
HAESP: Hawaiʻi Assoc. of Elementary School Principals (elementary through middle)
HAEYC: Hawaiʻi Association for the Education of Young Children
HAIS: Hawaiʻi Association of Independent Schools
HAMS: Hawaiʻi Association of Middle Schools
HAP: Hawaiʻi Assessment Program
HAPA: Hawaiian Aligned Portfolio Assessment
HAR: Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules
HASCD: Hawaiʻi Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
HASL: Hawaiʻi Association for School Librarians
HASP: Hawaiʻi Association of School Psychologists
HASSA: Hawaiʻi Association of Secondary School Administrators
HATA: Hawaiʻi Athletic Trainers Association
HBEA: Hawaiʻi Business Education Association
HCAP: Honolulu Community Action Program
HCEOC: Hawaiʻi County Economic Opportunity Council
HCIDS: Hawaiʻi Career Information Delivery System
HCJDC: Hawaiʻi Criminal Justice Data Center
HCL: Homeless Concerns Liaison
HCNP: Hawaiʻi Child Nutrition Programs
HCNS: Hawaiʻi Child Nutrition System
HCO: Homeless Concerns Office
HCPS III: Hawaiʻi Content and Performance Standards III
HCRC: Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission
HCTE: Hawaiʻi Council of Teachers of English
HEA: Hawaiʻi Education Association
HEAP: Health Education Assessment Project
HELDS: Hawaiʻi Early Learning and Development Standards
HENC: Hawaiʻi Education Network Consortium
HEPC: Hawaiʻi Educational Policy Center
HERA: Hawaiʻi Educational Research Association
HETP: Hawaiʻi Educational Technology Plan
HFAA: Hawaiʻi Families as Allies
HFT: Hawaiʻi Federation of Teachers
HGEA: Hawaiʻi Government Employees Association
HH: Hard of Hearing
HHA: Hawaiʻi Housing Authority
HHI: Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative
HHI: Home/Hospital Instruction
HHSAA: Hawaiʻi High School Athletic Association
HI: Hearing Impairment
HIDOE: Hawaiʻi State Department of Education
HICSL: Hawaiʻi Certification Institute for School Leaders
HIDA: Hawaiʻi Dyslexia Association
HIMAG: Hawaiʻi Institute for Management and Analysis Government
HIOSH: Hawaiʻi Occupational Safety and Health
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIRE: Help Through Industry Retraining and Employment
HIS: Hawaiʻi Interpreting Services
HITS: Hawaiʻi Interactive Television System
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLIP: Hawaiian Language Immersion Program
HLP: Hawaiʻi Learning Progression
HLRB: Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board
HLS: Home Language Survey
HMSU: Hawaiʻi Medical Services Unit
HNLC: Hawaiʻi Networked Learning Communities
HOSA: Health Occupations Students of America
HOST: Help One Student to Succeed
HPA: Hawaiʻi Principal Academy
HPEA: Hawaiʻi Pacific Evaluation Association
HPERB: Hawaiʻi Public Employment Relations Board
HPERC: Hawaiʻi Partnership for Educational Research Consortium
HQT: Highly Qualified Teacher
HR: Human Resources
HRS: Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes
HSA: Hawaiʻi State Assessment
HSA-ALT: Hawaiʻi State Alternate Assessment
HSAC: Hawaiʻi School Advisory Council
HSCA: Hawaiʻi School Counselors Association
HSDB: Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf and Blind
HSEOA: Hawaiʻi State Educational Officers’ Association
HSHA: Hawaiʻi Speech-Language Hearing Association
HSOICC: Hawaiʻi State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
HSP: Hawaiian Studies Program
HSPLS: Hawaiʻi State Public Library System
HSSC: Hawaiʻi State Student Council
HSSRA: Hawaiʻi State School Readiness Assessment
HSTA: Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association
HSTW: High Schools That Work
HTEA: Hawaiʻi Technology Education Association
HTIRE: Help Through Industry Retraining and Employment
HTSB: Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board
HVLN: Hawaiʻi Virtual Learning Network
HYCF: Hawaiʻi Youth Correctional Facility
HYTS: Hawaiʻi Youth Tobacco Survey
I
i3 Fund: Investing in Innovation Grant Funds
IAES: Interim Alternative Educational Setting
IAPS: Identification, Assessment, and Programming System
IASA: Improving America’s School Act
IB: International Baccalaureate Program
IBR: Institute for Beginning Reading
ICAA: Index Complex Area Allocation
ICEOM: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children
ICY: Immigrant Children & Youth
ID: Intellectual Disability
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEIA 2004: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
IDM: Instructional Development Model
IEBC: Institute for Evidence-Based Change
IEP: Individualized Education Program
IFB: Invitation for Bid
IFEP: Initially Functionally English Proficient
IFSP: Individualized Family Service Plan
IHE: Institution of Higher Education
IIS: Instructional Improvement System
IIS: Internet Information Services/Server (Microsoft)
IISC: Intensive Instructional Services Consultant
ILC: Intensive Learning Center
ILH: Interscholastic League of Honolulu
ILI: Initial Line of Inquiry
ILSB: Interim Local School Board
ILT: Instructional Leadership Team
IMP: Interactive Mathematics Program
ImPACT: Immediate Post Concussion Assessment and Post Cognitive Testing
IP: Intellectual Property
IP: Internet Protocol
IP: Issue Paper
IPP: Individually Prescribed Program
IPS: Introductory to Physical Science
IPSC: Information Privacy and Security Council
IRA: Instructional Resource Augmentation
IRA: International Reading Association
IRC: Interservice Recruitment Council
IRM: Information Resource Management
IRMB: Information Resource Management Branch
ISA: Improving Student Achievement
ISAP: Interim School Administrator Program
ISC: Integrated Self Contained
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
ISS: In-School Suspension
ISSB: Information System Services Branch
ISTS: Information Systems Training Section
ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education
ITAC: In-Service Training Advisory Council
ITBS: Iowa Test of Basic Skills
ITC: Information Technology Centers
ITP: Individualized Transition Program
ITPMB: Information Technology Project Management Branch
ITV: Instructional Television
IWB: Interactive Whiteboard
IWG: Interagency Work Group (on Act 51 delinking)
J
JAG: Jobs for America’s Graduates
JCPD: Juvenile Crime Prevention Division
JJIS: Juvenile Justice Information System
JPO: Junior Police Officer
JROTC: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
JTPA: Job Training Partnership Act
JV: Junior Varsity
JVEF: Joint Venture Education Forum (Military-HIDOE partnership program)
K
KEEP: Kamehameha Early Education Program
KIF: Kauai Interscholastic Federation
KOEC: Keakealani Outdoor Education Center
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
KS: Kamehameha Schools
L
L1: First Acquired Language
L2: Second Acquired Language-English
LA: Languages
LAN: Local Area Network
LAS: Language Assessment Scales
LC: Learning Center
LDAH: Learning Disabilities Association of Hawaiʻi
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDS: Longitudinal Data System (see LEI Kūlia)
LEA: Local Education Agency (federal)
LEAA: Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
LEI Kūlia: Longitudinal Education Information
LEMDT: Lower Extremity Motor Development Test
LEP: Limited English Proficiency
LES: Limited English Speakers
LET: Language Experience Thinking
LET: Leadership Education and Training
LG: Lieutenant Governor
LI: Learning Impaired (preschool)
LINCS: Literacy Information National Communications System
LITPRO: Literacy Pro
LOC: Level of Care
LN: Lotus Notes
LP: Learning Progression
LPDC: Learning Progression Development Cadre
LPN: Licensed Practical Nurse
LR: Labor Relations
LRB: Legislative Reference Bureau
LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
LRE: Law Related Education
LTA: Limited Term Appointment
LWOP: Leave Without Pay
M
MAB: Merit Appeals Board
MAC School: Macintosh-based Student Information System
MAT: Metropolitan Achievement Test
MAT: Miller Analogies Test
MBE: Maintenance Bilingual Education
MBL: Microcomputer Based Laboratory
MD: Multiple Disability
MEA: Magnet E-Academy
MEES: Migrant Education Even Start
MEP: Migrant Education Program
MF: Medically Fragile
MFS: Maintenance of Financial Support
MFSS: Maui Family Support Services
MH: Mental Health
MHPCC: Maui High Performance Computing Center
MHTSIG: Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant
MI: Marine Instructor
MIC: Mathematics in Context
MIC3: Military Interstate Compact Childrenʻs Commission
MIL: Maui Interscholastic League
MIPC: Military Impacted Principals Council
MISA: Military Impacted Schools Association
MMSS: Multi Measure Student Screening
MOA: Memorandum of Agreement
MOE: Maintenance of Effort
MOF: Means of Financing or Method of Funding
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
MOVE: Mililani/Oceanic Video Exploration
MP: Modification Plan
MPA: Mark Point Average
MPS: Military Property Specialist
MQ: Minimum Qualifications
MQR: Minimum Qualification Requirements
MR: Mental Retardation
MRSA: Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
MS: Multiple Sclerosis
MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet
MSL: Multi-sensory Structured Learning
MSP: Math and Science Partnership
MTYRE: Multi-Track Year-Round Education
MV: McKinney-Vento
N
NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAAPAE: National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education
NABE: National Association for Bilingual Education
NACSA: National Association of Charter School Authorizers
NAEP: National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAESP: National Association of Elementary School Principals
NAFIS: National Association of Federally Impacted Schools
NAGC: National Association for Gifted Children
NAPCS: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
NAPT: National Association for Pupil Transportation
NASBE: National Association of State Boards of Education
NASC: National Association of Student Councils
NASDSE: National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NASDTEC: National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification
NASP: National Association of School Psychologists
NASSP: National Association of Secondary School Principals
NATA: National Athletic Trainers’ Association
NAYRE: National Association for Year-Round Education
NBPTS: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCCPCS: New Century Conversion Public Charter School
NCE: Normal Curve Equivalent
NCES: National Center for Education Statistics
NCEE: National Center for the Education and the Economy
NCEO: National Center on Educational Outcomes
NCFL: National Center for Family Literacy
NCI: Non-violent Crisis Intervention
NCIEA: National Center for Improvement of Educational Assessment
NCLB: No Child Left Behind Act
NCPCS: New Century Public Charter School
NCSS: National Council for the Social Studies
NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English
NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Math
NEA: National Education Association
NEP: Non-English Proficient
NES: Non-English Speakers
NetPrep: (A 3Com Program) Computer Data Networking Preparation
NETS: National Educational Technology Standards
NFHS: National Federation of State High School Associations
NFSC: Navy Family Service Center
NGA: National Governors’ Association
NHEA: Native Hawaiʻi Education in Art
NIFDI: National Institute for Direct Instruction
NIFL: National Institute For Literacy
NII: National Information Infrastructure
NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (EPA)
NJC: Neighborhood Justice Center
NLP: Native Language Proficiency
NMSQT: National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOD: National Origin Desegregation
NPA: New Principal Academy
NPEP: Navy Personal Excellence Program
NRS: National Reporting System (Adult Education)
NSBA: National School Boards Association
NSI: Naval Science Instructor
NSLP: National School Lunch Program
NSF: National Science Foundation
NSF-RSI: National Science Foundation – Rural Systemic Initiative
NSSB: HIDOE’s former Network Support Services Branch, now the Enterprise Infrastructure Services Branch (EISB)
NTE: National Teacher Examination
NTE: Not To Exceed
NWREL: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
O
OBEMLA: Office for Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
OCB: Office of Collective Bargaining
OCID: Office of Curriculum and Instructional Design (formerly Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support)
OCR: Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education)
OD: Orthopedic Disability
ODD: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODS: Operational Data Store
ODS: Office of the Deputy Superintendent
OEC: Official Enrollment Count
OELA: Office of English Language Acquisition
OEQC: Office of Environmental Quality Control
OFO: Office of Facilities and Operations (formerly Office of School Facilities and Support Services)
OFS: Office of Fiscal Services
OHA: Office of Hawaiian Affairs
OHCNP: Office of Hawaiʻi Child Nutrition Programs
OHE: Office of Hawaiian Education
OHD: Other Health Disability
OHI: Other Health Impaired
OI: Orthopedic Impairment
OIA: Oahu Interscholastic Association
OIG: Office of Inspector General
OIMT: Office of Information Management & Technology
OIP: Office of Information Practices
OITS: Office of Information Technology Services
O&M: Orientation & Mobility
OME: Office of Migrant Education
OMS: Operation & Maintenance Section/FSSB
OPAC: OnLine Public Access Catalog (State Library)
OS: Occupational Skills
OS: Office of the Superintendent
OSDVE: Office of State Director of Vocational Education
OSEP: Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of Education)
OSERS: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Act (federal)
OSIP: Office of Strategy, Innovation and Performance
OSR: Office of Strategic Reform
OSR: On-site Review
OSSS: Office of Student Support Services (formerly Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support)
OSSR: On-site School Review
OT: Occupational Therapy or Occupational Therapist
OTE: Onward to Excellence
OTM: Office of Talent Management (formerly Office of Human Resources [OHR])
OU: Organizational Unit
OVAE: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (U.S. Department of Education)
OYC: Olomana Youth Center
OYS: Office of Youth Services
P
P&R: Parks and Recreation (counties)
P-20: Pre-School through 20 (grades); the P-20 Initiative
P20W: Preschool thru K12 thru Post Secondary and Workforce
P/C Days: Planning/Collaboration Days
PA: Positive Action
PA: Practical Arts
PAAC: Pacific and Asian Affairs Council
PAC: Project Advisory Committee or Parent Advisory Council
PACER: Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
PACOM: Pacific Command (United States)
PACT: Parents and Children Together
PAEMST: Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
PAFA: Presidential Academic Fitness Awards
PALC: Performing Arts Learning Center
PAS: Performance Appraisal System (for Classified/Support Services Personnel)
PASP: Program Accessible School Plan
PATH: Program for Assessing Teaching in Hawaiʻi
PATL: Positive Attitudes Toward Learning (Program)
PBD: Personnel Development Branch
PBDMI: Performance-Based Data Management Initiative
PBIS: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
PBS: Positive Behavioral Support
PBS: Public Broadcasting System
PCB: Procurement & Contracts Branch
PCCS: Public Charter Conversion School
PCNC: Parent-Community Networking Center
PCNC DF: Parent-Community Networking Center (District Facilitator)
PCNC PF: Parent-Community Networking Center (parent-school level facilitator)
PCOC: Parent Community Outreach Coordinator
PCS: Public Charter School
PCSPO: Public Charter Schools Program Office
PD: Position Description
PD: Professional Development
PDB: Personnel Development Branch
PDCA: Plan-Do-Check-Act
PD-Credit: Professional Development Credit
PDERI: Professional Development and Educational Research Institute
PDF: Portable Document Format
PDMS: Peabody Developmental Motor Scale
PE: Performance Expectations
PE: Physical Education
PE: Physical Examination
PEMAH: Professional Employee Management Association of Hawaiʻi
PEP: Peer Education Program
PEP-SL: Professional Evaluation Program for School Leaders
PEP-T: Professional Evaluation Program for Teachers
PERT: Program Evaluation Review Technique
PERT: Physical Education Resource Teacher
PHN: Public Health Nurse
PI: Parent Involvement
PIA: Parent Involvement Assistant
PIDF: Partners in Development Foundation
PIG: Permitted Interaction Group
PII: Personally Identifiable Information
PILWOP: Professional Improvement Leave Without Pay
PILWP: Professional Improvement Leave With Pay
PIM: Parent Involvement Model
PINS: Primary Instructional Needs (for middle/intermediate) Schools
PIP: Performance Improvement Program
PLC: Professional Learning Community
PLD: Performance Level Descriptor
PLEP: Present Levels of Educational Performance
PLT: Principles of Learning and Testing (test for teachers)
PMB: Project Management Branch
PO: Purchase Order
POMS: Preschool Outcomes Measurement System
POPS: Power of Positive Students
POS: Programs of Study
P&P: Policies and Procedures
PPBS: Program Planning Budgeting System
PPI: Primary Prevention/Intervention
PRO: Personnel Regional Officer
PPOP: Pre-Placement Orientation Program
PPST: Pre-Professional Assessments for Teachers
PPT: Paraprofessional Tutors
PPT: Pregnant Parenting
PRAXIS: Series of Professional Assessments for Teachers
PREK: Pre-Kindergarten
PREL: Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
PS: Partially Sighted
PSAP: Primary School Adjustment Project
PSAT: Preliminary SAT (College Board test)
PSC: Public School Choice
PSD: Program Support & Development
PSHF: Public Schools of Hawaiʻi Foundation
PSN: Procedural Safeguards Notice
PSP: Professional Services Provider
PSPP: Private School Participation Project
PSRC: Performance Standards Review Commission
PSSAS: Programs and Services for Secondary Alienated/At-Risk Students
PSSC: Physical Science Study Committee
PT: Physical Therapist
PTA: Parent Teacher Association
PTA: Physical Therapist Assistant
PTG: Parent Teacher Group
PTI: Parent Training & Information Center
PTP: Personal Transition Plan (cmasutomi070723)
PTSA: Parent Teacher Student Association
PTSO: Parent Teacher Student Organization
PTT: Part-Time Temporary Teacher
PVS Net: Pro Value Services Net
PW: Public Works Division (State DAGS)
PWN: Prior Written Notice
Q
QoS: Quality of Service
QSS: Quality Student Support
R
RCUH: Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi
REA: Reading Excellence Act
REACH: Reinventing Education Act for the Children of Hawaiʻi (2004), also known as Act 51
RF: Reading First
RFA: Request for Assistance
RFP: Request for Proposal
RFP: Request for Provider (SVM)
RIF: Reduction in Force
R&M: Repair and Maintenance
ROFEC: Regional Operations for Facilities Engineering & Construction
RN: Registered Nurse
ROM: Range of Motion
RPN: Registered Professional Nurse
RRC: Regional Resource Center
RS: Reprographic Section
RSI: Rural Systemic Initiatives
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
RT: Resource Teacher
RT: Regular Classroom Teacher
RTI: Response to Intervention
RTP: Return to Activity Plan
RTTT: Race to the Top
S
SAC: Standard Assessment of Concussion
SAC: Student Advisory Council (Emergency School Aid Act)
SAC: Student Activities Coordinator
SACVE: State Advisory Council on Vocational Education
SAI: Senior Army Instructor
SAIP: Special Alternative Instructional Programs
SAO: Systems Accountability Office
SAP: School Accountability Program
SAP: School Attendance Procedure
SAR: Service Activity Report
SAR: Superintendent’s Annual Report
SARSA: School Administrator Recruitment, Selection, and Appointment
SAS: Special Analytic Study, Student Assessment Section
SASA: School Administrative Services Assistant
SASI: Senior Aerospace Science Instructor
SAT: College Board’s exam formerly known as Scholastic Assessment Test, now just SAT
SAT: Stanford Achievement Test
SATEP: State Approved Teacher Education Program
SATP: School Administrator Training Program
SBAC: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
SBBH: School-Based Behavioral Health
SBCOTA: School-Based Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
SBE: Standards-Based Education
SBP: School Breakfast Program
SBPTA: School-Based Physical Therapist Aide
SBPTA: School-Based Physical Therapist Assistant
SBRC: Standards-Based Report Card
SBRR: Scientifically-Based Reading Research
SBS: School-Based Services
SCASS: State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards
SCBM: School/Community-Based Management
SCC: School Community Council
SCIC: School Climate Improvement Committee
SCIS: Science Curriculum Improvement Study
SCS: Student-Centered Schools
SD: Staff Development
SDFSC: Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
SDO: School Documents Online
SEA: State Education Agency
SEAC: Special Education Advisory Council
SEBD: Severe Emotional Behavioral Disturbance
SEC: School Evaluation Committee
SEFI: State Educational Facilities Improvement
SEL: Social-Emotional Learning
SELI: Statewide Education Leadership Institute
SEPS: Senior Exit Plans Survey
SERS: System Evaluation Reporting Section
SERT: Special Education Resource Teacher
SES: Special Education Section
SES: Supplemental Educational Services
SESAT: School Early Stanford Achievement Test
SETC: State Employment and Training Council
SEVR: Special Education Vocational Rehabilitation
SFA: School Facilities Authority
SFCA: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
SFSB: School Food Services Branch
SFSF: State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
SFSP: Summer Food Service Program
SFSM: School Food Services Manager
SFT: Student Focused Team
SGP: Student Growth Percentile
SHA: School Health Aide
SHA: School Home Assistant
SI: School Improvement
SI: Sensory Integration
SID: Standards Implementation Design
SIE: Statewide Inservice Education
SIECUS: Sex Information and Education Council of the US
SIG: State Improvement Grant
SIMS: School Improvement Management System
SIMS: Sports Injury Management System
SINSP: School Inspection Program
SIOP: Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
SIP: Strategic Implementation Plan
SIPMS: Student Information and Program Management System
SIS: Student Information Services/Systems
SLA: Service Level Agreement
SLD: Specific Learning Disability
SLDS: State Longitudinal Data System
SLE: Schoolwide Learning Expectations (See ESLRs)
SLEP: Students of Limited English Proficiency
SLI: Speech/Language Impaired
SLO: School Liaison Officer
SLO: Student Learning Objective
SLP: Speech Language Pathologist
SLS: School Library Services (OCISS)
SLW: Student Leadership Workshop
Smarter Balanced: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (formerly SBAC)
SMC: Special Motivation Class
SMI: School Meals Initiative
SMI: Senior Marine Instructor
SMP: Special Milk Program
SMP: Special Motivation Program
SNS: Skilled Nursing Services
SNSI: Senior Naval Science Instructor
Sol: Speech or Language Disability
SOP: Standards of Practice
SOW: Scope of Work
SP: Standard Practices
SPAB: School Process and Analysis Branch
SPAC: School Parent Advisory Council (Chapter 1)
SPACE: Strengthening Pacific Area Concentration in Education
SPEBE: Summer Program for the Enhancement of Basic Education
SPED: Special Education
SPIN: Special Parent Information Network
SPIS: System Planning & Improvement Section
SPMS: Special Programs Management Section (OCISS)
SPO: State Procurement Office
SPOC: Strategic Project Oversight Committee
SPP: State Performance Plan
SQS: School Quality Survey
SR: Salary Range
SRA: Scholastic Reading Assessment
SRI: Selection Research, Inc.
SRI: Scholastic Reading Inventory
SRP: Self Report of Personality
SRRS: School Renewal and Redesign Section (OCISS)
SRS: School Renewal Specialist
SSAS: Student Services Application Section
SSB: Student Support Branch
SSC: Student Services Coordinator
SSCAC: Safe Schools Community Advisory Committee
SSEPB: Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness Branch
SSES: Statewide Student Enrollment System
SSIO: School System Improvement Objective
SSIR: School Status and Improvement Report
SSIS: Safe School Information System
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
SSO: Single Sign-On
SSO: Seamless Summer Option
SSP: Student Success Plan
SSP: Support Services Personnel
SSSC: Secondary School Student Conference
SSSI: Supplemental Social Security Insurance
SST: Student Support Team
SSW: School Social Worker
ST: Skills Trainer
STAR: Standardized Test for the Assessment of Reading
STAR: State Teacher Alternative Route
STARS: Science Teachers Aboard Research Ships
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
STEP: Sequential Test of Educational Process
STO: Supplemental Time Off
STSB: Student Transportation Services Branch
STSSB: School Technology Services and Support Branch
STWO: School to Work Opportunities
STYRE: Single-Track Year-Round Education
SVM: Service Verification Module
SWV: Summary Warrant Voucher
SY: School Year
T
T&A: Time & Attendance
T3: Technology Training for Teachers
TA: Technical Assistance
TA: Temporary Assignment
TAC: Technical Advisory Committee
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TAOL: Temporary Appointment Outside of List
TAP: Technical Assistance Panel
TARC: Technical Architecture Review Committee
TATP: Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program
TBE: Transitional Bilingual Education
TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury
TC: Technical Coordinator
TCE: Temporary Contract Employee
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDI: Temporary Disability Insurance
TDR: Treasury Deposit Receipt
TDS: Test Development Section
TECC: Teacher Education Coordinating Committee
TEPS: Teaching Elementary Physical Science
TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TFA: Teach for America
TLC: Teacher Leadership Center
TLC: The Learning Coalition
TLC: Teacher Learning Community
TLCF: Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
TN: Team Nutrition
TNL: True North Logic
TOPSPRO: Teaching of Program and Students
TOR: Teacher of Record
TOTAL: Transforming Our Teaching And Learning
TOY: Teacher of the Year
TP: Telecommunication Project
TPI: Teacher Perceiver Interview
TQL: Total Quality Learning
TQM: Total Quality Management
TR: Telecom Request
TRA: Teacher Reading Academy
TRO: Temporary Restraining Order
TRS: Teacher Rating Scales
TSA: Tax Sheltered Annuity
TSCA: Toxic Substance Control Act (federal)
TSD: Text Start Date
TSEAS: Teacher Substitute Employee Automated System
TSP: Twilight School Program
TTA: Temporary Teaching Assignment
TTT: Troops to Teachers
TVI: Teacher of Visually Impaired
U
UAC: Uniform Account Codes
UAP: University Affiliated Program
UBN: Unbudgeted Need
UHM: University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa
UIPA: Uniform Information Practices Act
ULWOP: Unauthorized Leave Without Pay
UNITAF: Unified Task Force
UPLINK: Uniting Peer Learning, Integrating New Knowledge
UPW: United Public Workers
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
USDOE: United States Department of Education
USSR: Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading
UST: User Support Technician
V
VCC: Video Conference Center
VDB: Visual Disability including Blindness
VI: Visual Impairment
VICA: Vocational Industry Clubs of America (now called: SkillsUSA)
VISTA: Volunteers in Service to America (now called: AmeriCorps)
VLA: Volume License Agreement
VO-TECH: Vocational Technical Program
VP: Vice Principal
VPN: Virtual Private Network
W
W-APT: WIDA Access Placement Test
WAM: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
WAN: Wide Area Network (for computers)
WASC: Western Association of Schools and Colleges
WATER: Waikiki Tidal Exploration and Research
WATS: Wide Area Telephone Service
WC: Workers’ Compensation
WCP: Written Complaint Procedure
WD: Waiver Day
WIA: Workforce Investment Act
WIDA: World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment
WINFMS: Windows-based Financial Management System (FMS)
WIN School: Windows-based Student Information System
WISC: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WL: World Languages
WPR: Workplace Readiness
WRRC: Western Regional Resource Center
WSCA: Western States Contracting Alliance
WSF: Weighted Student Formula or Weighted Student Funding
Y
YDP: Youth Development Project
YEC: Year End Close
YET: Year End Transition
YETP: Youth Employment and Training Program
YGRS: Youth Gang Response System
YRE: Year-Round Education
YRBS: Youth Risk Behavior Survey
YRE/MT: Year-Round Education/Multi-Track
YRE/ST: Year-Round Education/Single Track
Z
ZSI: Zones of School Innovation
Other
21st CCLC: 21st Century Community Learning Centers