4 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act ALEKS – Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces, a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment for mathematics Apex Learning – digital instruction provider, serving Wicomico Blended Virtual Program students in grades 6-12 through the Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium (ESMEC) ARP ESSER – American Rescue Plan Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund BVP – Blended Virtual Program CARES Act – the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 – a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus (CO for corona, VI for virus, D for disease, 19 for the year the novel coronavirus was first detected) CTE – Career and Technical Education ED – Economically Disadvantaged ELA – English Language Arts EL or ELL – English Learner or English Language Learner ESMEC – Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages ESSA – federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2016 FIT – Families in Transition 504 Plan – a formal plan to serve the needs of a student with a disability as identified under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Family Portal – platform providing online access to student assignments, grades and attendance, for students in grades 1-12 and their parents/guardians, and mid-term progress reports and report cards for Prekindergarten and Kindergarten students FAPE – provision for a Free Appropriate Public Education, under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Google Classroom – free web-based platform for sharing information for teachers, students and parents/guardians, in use county-wide HIPAA – the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
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