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Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

This term refers to a full-time employee. When calculating the number of staff members employed by a district, for example, two half-time employees would equal one full-time equivalent employee.

GED (General Educational Development)

A high school equivalency program. Individuals who pass the exam earn a high school equivalency diploma. The GED tests cover five subjects: math, science, social studies, writing and reading.

GEEG (Governor’s Educator Excellence Grant)

A grant program that was federally and state funded. It provided three-year grants to schools to design and implement teacher performance pay plans from the 2005-06 to 2007-08 school years. GEEG was implemented in 99 high-poverty, high-performing Texas public schools.

IB (International Baccalaureate)

A nonprofit educational foundation that offers three programs for students aged 3 to 19 to help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills needed to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

A law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services to eligible infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.

IFA (Instructional Facilities Allotment)

An allotment that provides funding to school districts for payments on debt service for the purchase, construction, renovation and expansion of instructional facilities

IHE (Institute of Higher Education)

A college or university

ISP (Intensive Summer Program)

A program that provides intensive academic instruction during the summer semester to promote post-secondary success for middle school and high school students identified as being at risk of dropping out of school

LEA (Local Educational Agencies)

A public school district, open-enrollment charter school or regional education service center

Limited English Proficient (LEP) Student Success Initiative

An initiative that provides intensive programs of instruction for students with limited English proficiency. It also provides training materials and other resources to assist teachers in developing the expertise required to enable students of LEP to meet state performance standards.