A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

To Assure the Free Appropriate Public Education of All Children with Disabilities - 1996

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

BIA: Bureau of Indian Affairs
CAP: corrective action plan
CCD: Common Core of Data
CPS: Current Population Survey
DANS: Data Analysis System
DID: Division of Innovation and Development
DPP: Division of Personnel Preparation
EEPCD: Early Education Program for Children with Disabilities
EHA: Education of the Handicapped Act
EPSDT: Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
FAPE: free appropriate public education
FTE: full-time equivalent
GLARRC: Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center
HCEEP: Handicapped Children's Early Education Program
IASA: Improving America's Schools Act
ICC: interagency coordinating council
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP: individualized education plan
IEU: intermediate educational unit
IFSP: individualized family service plan
LEA: local educational agency
LEP: limited English proficient
LRE: least restrictive environment
MPRRC: Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
MSRRC: Mid-South Regional Resource Center
NASDSE: National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NCES: National Center for Education Statistics
NEC*TAS: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
NERRC: Northeast Regional Resource Center
NHES: National Household Education Survey
NLTS: National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students
NTN: National Transition Network
OCR: Office of Civil Rights
OMB: Office of Management and Budget
OSEP: Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
PASS: Performance Assessment for Self-Sufficiency
SAFES: State Agency/Federal Evaluations Studies
SARRC: South Atlantic Regional Resource Center
SASS: Schools and Staffing Survey
SEA: State education agency
WRRC: Western Regional Resource Center

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[Preface]

[Executive Summary]