SWD – Student with disabilities
SEDS – Special Education Data System
IEP – Individualized Education Plan
IFSP – Infant Service Plan
ISP – Individualized Service Plan
SWDS – Students with Disability Status File
PLAN – Special Education Plan File
MEET – Special Education Meeting File
SERV – Special Education Services File
SPED – Special Education Data File (retired)
SSRV – Student Services File (retired)

LEA – Local Educational Agency

RLEA - Reporting Local Educational Agency

DOL - District of Location

DOR - District of Residence

DOGR - District of Geographical Residence
SELPA – Special Education Local Plan Area
FMTA – Focused Monitoring Technical Assistance consultant who works with districts to help them bring them back into compliance. This is done by correcting data entry/reporting mistakes or addressing local procedures resulting in out of compliance data like overdue annuals/initials/triennials
Plan Review – AKA Annual IEP or LAST_IEP, this is the meeting held annually to review students' goals and progress on the existing plan and update the plan as needed
Initial Evaluation – The first meeting to establish eligibility for Part C (IFSP) or Part B (IEP/ISP) education/service plans.
Evaluation Review – AKA Triennial (when done with Annual) or LAST_EVAL, this is the meeting held minimally every 3 years to review the student's eligibility to update or end the student's eligibility status.
SIRAS – SELPA Information Retrieval Archive System
CALPADS - California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
API – Application Programming Interface (A contract for how programs ‘talk’ to each other online.)