Education law includes a wide variety of acronyms that can make practice in the area confusing for a novice. The most important acronyms used in this chart are:
AAC – Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ALJ – Administrative Law Judge
BESE – Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
BIP – Behavior Intervention Team
CMO – Charter Management Organization
CPI – Critical Point of Instruction
DAL – Division of Administrative Law
ED – Emotional Disturbance
ESY – Extended School Year
FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA – Functional Behavioral Assessment
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
IAES – Interim Alternative Educational Setting
IAP – Individualized Accommodations Plan
IEE – Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP – Individualized Education Program
LDE – Louisiana Department of Education
LDH – Louisiana Department of Health
LEA – Local Education Agency
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
MDR – Manifestation Determination Review
OCR – Office for Civil Rights
ODR – Officially Designated Representative
OHI – Other Health Impairment
OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs
RTI – Response to Intervention
SAT – Student Assistance Team
SBLC – School Building Level Committee
SEA – State Education Agency
SER – Special Education Reporting
SLD – Specific Learning Disability