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Acronyms Used in NYSED

Frequently Used Acronyms
in the New York State Education Department

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Q  
QA Quality Assurance
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R  

RA

Registered Architect
RA Regional Associate

RASP

Recruitment and Selection Process

RCCI

Residential Child Care Institution

RCM

Reimbursement Cost Manual

RCOLS

Regents Commission on Library Services

RCT

Regents Competency Test

REA

Reading Excellence Act

RF

Reading First

RFP

Request for Proposals

RIC

Regional Information Center

RSA

Rehabilitation Services Administration (U.S. Department of Education)

RSCS

Office of Regional School and Community Services (NYS Education Department)

RSSC

Regional School Support Center

RtI

Response to Intervention
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S  

S/CDN 

Staff and Curriculum Development Network

SAANYS

School Administrators Association of New York State
SAE Scholarship for Academic Excellence

SAG

State Attorney General (New York State)

SARA

Society of American Registered Architects

SARA

State Archives and Records Administration (NYS Education Department)
SAS Supplementary Aids and Services

SASS

System of Accountability for Student Success

SAT

Scholastic Aptitude Test

SAT-9

Stanford Achievement Test - 9th Edition

SAVE

Safe Schools Against Violence in Education

SBP

School Breakfast Program

SBR

Scientifically-based research
SBST School Based Support Team

SCA

School in Corrective Action
SCDN Staff/Curriculum Development Network
SDFSCA Safe & Drug-Free Schools & Communities Act

SEA

State Education Agency
SEC Supported Employment Consortia

SED

State Education Department (New York State)

SEDCAR

Strategic Evaluation Data Collection Analysis and Reporting
SEDREF State Education Department Reference File
SEQA Special Education Quality Assurance

SERI

Special Education Resources on the Internet

SETRC

Special Education Training and Resource Center

SFA

School Food Authority

SFSP

Summer Food Service Program

SHIFT

Statewide School Health Infrastructure Team

SIG

State Improvement Grant

SINI

School in Need of Improvement
SLP Speech Language Pathologist

SMI

School Meals Initiative

SQRI

School Quality Review Initiative
SRC State Rehabilitation Council
SRO State Review Officer
SSA Social Security Administration
SSDI Social Security Disability Income
SSI Supplemental Security Income

ST-3

School District Annual Financial Report

STAC

System for Tracking and Accounting for Children

STAR

School Tax Relief

STEP

Science and Technology Entry Program

STW

School-to-Work

SUNY

State University of New York

SURR

Schools Under Registration Review

SWIB

State Workforce Investment Board

SWP

Schoolwide Program
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T  

TAB

Technical Assistance Briefs
TABE Test of Adult Basic Education
TADA Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

TANF

Temporary Assistance to Needy Familities

TAPU

Total Aidable Pupil Unit

TAS

Targeted Assistance

TBBL

Talking Book and Braille Library
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TEACH TEACH Online Services System (Office of Teaching Initiatives)

TIFF

Tagged Image File Format

TIMSS

Third International Mathematics and Science Study

TLCF

Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
TLQP Teacher/Leader Quality Partnerships

TMCU

Teacher Moral Character Unit
TOC Teacher Opportunity Corp

TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language

TOEIC

Test of English for International Communication

TONYSS

Tests of New York State Standards
TOT Teachers of Tomorrow
TRAID Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

TRE

Technology Resources for Education Center

TRS

Teachers' Retirement System
TVI Teacher of the Visually Impaired

TWPU

Total Weighted Pupil Unit
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U  
UCP-NYS United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State

UFSD

Union Free School District

UFT

United Federation of Teachers

UPCSTEP

Upstate Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program

UPK

Universal Prekindergarten

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USDOE

United States Department of Education

USNY

University of the State of New York
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V  

VATEA

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technical Education Act

VESID

Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (NYS Education Department)
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
VRC Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
VTEA Vocational and Technical Education Act
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W  

WAN

Wide Area Network
WEP Work Experience Program

WETC

Workers with Disabilities Employment Tax Credit Program

WIA

Workforce Investment Act

WOTC

Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program

WPCE

Office of Workforce Preparation and Continuing Education (NYS Education Department)
WTO Work Try Out

WTW

Welfare to Work

WWW

World Wide Web
W-2-W Welfare to Work
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Y  

YRBS

Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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Z  
ZEA Zone Equivalent Area
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504 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112, Section 504)
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