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officers or employees, shall be 

appointed to serve as experts and 

consultants under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, and to serve as special 

government employees. 

Board members, with the approval of 

the Secretary of Defense, may serve a 

term of service on the Board of two 

years; however, no member, unless 

authorized by the Secretary of Defense, 

shall serve more than two consecutive 

terms of service on the Board. 

Regardless of the individual’s approved 

term of service, all appointments to the 

Board shall be renewed on an annual 

basis. 

The Secretary of Defense shall select 

and appoint the Board’s chairperson 

from the total membership. With the 

exception of travel and per diem for 

official travel, Board members shall 

serve without compensation. 

Board members are appointed to 

provide advice on behalf of the 

government on the basis of their best 

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that is free from conflict of interest. 

The Chairpersons of the Defense 

Business Board, the Defense Health 

Board, the Defense Policy Board, and 

the Defense Science Board shall serve as 

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Board. These ex officio appointments do 

not count toward the Board’s total 

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procedures, may establish 

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These subcommittees, task groups, or 

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5105.04, sections E2.22, E3.2.2, and 

E3.12. 

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question is already a Board member. 

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whose appointments must be renewed 

on an annual basis. With the exception 

of travel and per diem for official travel, 

subcommittee members shall serve 

without compensation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

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Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Chairperson and 

the General Counsel of the Department 

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Dated: April 2, 2012. 

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Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Annual Updates to the Income 

Contingent Repayment (ICR) Plan 

Formula for 2011; William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan Program 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.063. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the 

annual updates to the ICR plan formula 

for 2011. Under the William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) 

Program, borrowers may choose to repay 

their loans (Direct Subsidized Loans, 

Direct Unsubsidized Loans, Direct PLUS 

Loans made to graduate or professional 

students, and Direct Consolidation 

Loans) under the ICR plan, which bases 

the repayment amount on the 

borrower’s income, family size, loan 

amount, and the interest rate applicable 

to each loan. Each year, we adjust the 

formula for calculating a borrower’s ICR 

payment to reflect changes due to 

inflation. This notice contains the 

adjusted income percentage factors for 

2011, examples of how the calculation 

of the monthly ICR amount is 

performed, a constant multiplier chart 

for use in performing the calculations, 

and charts showing sample repayment 

amounts based on the adjusted ICR plan 

formula. The adjustments for the ICR 

plan formula contained in this notice 

are effective for the period from July 1, 

2011 to June 30, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian 

Foss, U.S. Department of Education, 830 

1st St. NE., Room 114I1, Washington, 

DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 377–3681 

or by email: ian.foss@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in this section of the notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Direct 

Loan Program borrowers may choose to 

repay their Direct Subsidized Loans, 

Direct Unsubsidized Loans, Direct PLUS 

Loans made to graduate or professional 

students, and Direct Consolidation 

Loans under the ICR plan. This notice 

contains the following four attachments: 

• Attachment 1—Income Percentage 

Factors for 2011 

• Attachment 2—Constant Multiplier 

Chart for Use in Calculating the 

Monthly ICR Amount 

• Attachment 3—Examples of the 

Calculations of Monthly Repayment 

Amounts 

• Attachment 4—Charts Showing 

Sample Repayment Amounts for Single 

and Married Borrowers 

In Attachment 1, we have updated the 

income percentage factors to reflect 

changes based on inflation. Specifically, 

we have revised the table of income 

percentage factors by changing the 

dollar amounts of the incomes shown by 

a percentage equal to the estimated 

percentage change in the Consumer 

Price Index for all urban consumers 

from December 2010 to December 2011. 

In Attachment 2, we provide a constant 

multiplier chart for a 12-year loan 

amortization. Further, in Attachment 3, 

we provide examples of monthly 

repayment amount calculations. Finally, 

in Attachment 4, we provide two charts 

that show sample repayment amounts 

for single and married or head-ofhousehold borrowers at various income 

and debt levels based on the updated 

income percentage factors. 

The updated income percentage 

factors reflected in Attachment 1 may 

cause a borrower’s payments to be lower 

than they were in prior years (even if 

the borrower’s income remains the same 

as the prior year). However, the revised 

repayment amount more accurately 

reflects the impact of inflation on a 

borrower’s current ability to repay. 

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the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

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text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

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You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087 et seq. 

James W. Runcie, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. 

Attachment 1—Income Percentage 

Factors for 2011 

INCOME PERCENTAGE FACTORS FOR 2011 

[Based on annual income] 

Single Married, filing 

jointly or 

separately/head 

of household 

Income Factor 

(percent) 

Income Factor 

(percent) 

$10,249 ................................................................................................................................................................ 55.00 $10,249 50.52 

14,102 .................................................................................................................................................................. 57.79 16,171 56.68 

18,146 .................................................................................................................................................................. 60.57 19,271 59.56 

22,280 .................................................................................................................................................................. 66.23 25,192 67.79 

26,230 .................................................................................................................................................................. 71.89 31,210 75.22 

31,210 .................................................................................................................................................................. 80.33 39,201 87.61 

39,201 .................................................................................................................................................................. 88.77 49,164 100.00 

49,165 .................................................................................................................................................................. 100.00 59,132 100.00 

59,132 .................................................................................................................................................................. 100.00 74,082 109.40 

71,069 .................................................................................................................................................................. 111.80 98,991 125.00 

91,001 .................................................................................................................................................................. 123.50 133,867 140.60 

128,887 ................................................................................................................................................................ 141.20 187,220 150.00 

147,781 ................................................................................................................................................................ 150.00 305,931 200.00 

263,224 ................................................................................................................................................................ 200.00 ................ ................

Attachment 2—Constant Multiplier 

Chart for Use in Calculating the 

Monthly ICR Amount 

CONSTANT MULTIPLIER CHART FOR 12- 

YEAR AMORTIZATION

Interest 

rate 

(percent) 

Annual 

constant 

multiplier 

3.500 ......................................... 0.102174 

4.000 ......................................... 0.105063 

4.500 ......................................... 0.108001 

5.000 ......................................... 0.110987 

5.500 ......................................... 0.114021 

CONSTANT MULTIPLIER CHART FOR 12- 

YEAR AMORTIZATION—Continued 

Interest 

rate 

(percent) 

Annual 

constant 

multiplier 

6.000 ......................................... 0.117102 

6.800 ......................................... 0.122130 

7.000 ......................................... 0.123406 

7.900 ......................................... 0.129237 

8.000 ......................................... 0.129894 

8.250 ......................................... 0.131545 

Attachment 3—Examples of the 

Calculations of Monthly Repayment 

Amounts 

General notes about the examples in 

this attachment: 

• The interest rates used in the 

examples are for illustration only. 

Actual interest rates vary depending on 

loan type and when a loan was first 

disbursed. 

• In the examples, the Poverty 

Guideline amounts used are from the 

2011 U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) Poverty 

Guidelines for the 48 contiguous States 

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and the District of Columbia, as 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 20, 2011 (76 FR 3637). Different 

Poverty Guidelines apply to residents of 

Alaska and Hawaii. 

• The ‘‘constant multiplier’’ included 

in each example is a factor used to 

calculate amortized payments at a given 

interest rate over a fixed period of time. 

Refer to the constant multiplier chart 

provided in Attachment 2 to this notice 

to determine the constant multiplier 

that should be used for a specific 

interest rate. If an interest rate is not 

listed in the constant multiplier chart in 

Attachment 2, use the next highest rate 

for estimation purposes. 

• All examples use an income 

percentage factor corresponding to the 

borrower’s adjusted gross income (AGI). 

If the AGI is not listed in the income 

percentage factors table in Attachment 

1, calculate the applicable income 

percentage factor for the AGI by 

following the instructions under the 

Interpolation heading later in this 

attachment. 

• For married borrowers, the 

outstanding balance on the loans of each 

borrower and both borrowers’ AGIs are 

added together to determine the ICR 

payment amount. The amount of each 

payment applied to each borrower’s 

Direct Loan debt is the proportion of the 

payments that equals the same 

proportion as that borrower’s debt to the 

total outstanding balance. Each 

borrower is billed separately. For 

example, if a married couple has a total 

outstanding Direct Loan debt of $60,000, 

$40,000 of which belongs to one spouse, 

and $20,000 of which belongs to the 

other spouse, 67 percent of the monthly 

ICR payment would be apportioned to 

the spouse with the outstanding debt of 

$40,000, with the remaining 33 percent 

of the monthly ICR payment being 

apportioned to the spouse with $20,000 

of debt. To take advantage of a joint ICR 

payment, married couples need not file 

taxes jointly; they may file separately 

and subsequently provide the other 

spouse’s tax information. 

Example 1. This example assumes that the 

borrower is a single with no dependents, and 

has $15,000 in Direct Subsidized and 

Unsubsidized Loans. The interest rate on 

these loans is 6.80 percent, and the borrower 

has an AGI of $39,201. 

Step 1: Determine the total annual payment 

amount based on what the borrower would 

pay over 12 years using standard 

amortization. To do this, multiply the loan 

balance by the constant multiplier for the 

applicable interest rate. In this example, the 

interest rate is 6.80 percent, for which the 

constant multiplier is 0.122130. 

• 0.122130 × $15,000 = $1,831.95 

Step 2: Multiply the result of Step 1 by the 

income percentage factor shown in the 

income percentage factors table (see 

Attachment 1 to this notice) that corresponds 

to the AGI and then divide the result by 100: 

• 88.77 × $1,831.95 ÷ 100 = $1,626.22 

Step 3: Determine 20 percent of the 

borrower’s discretionary income 

(discretionary income is AGI minus the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services 

(HHS) Poverty Guideline amount for the 

borrower’s family size and state of residence). 

To do this, subtract the Poverty Guideline 

amount for a family of one, for this example, 

from the borrower’s AGI and multiply the 

result by 20 percent: 

• $39,201 ¥ $10,890 = $28,311 

• $28,311 × 0.20 = $5,662.20 

Step 4: Compare the amount from Step 2 

with the amount from Step 3. The lower of 

the two will be the annual payment amount. 

In this example, the borrower will be paying 

the amount calculated under Step 2 

($1,626.22). To determine the monthly 

repayment amount, divide the annual 

amount by 12. 

• $1,626.22 ÷ 12 = $135.52 

Example 2. In this example, the borrower 

is married and has no dependents, other than 

a spouse. The borrower has a Direct Loan 

balance of $10,000, and the spouse has a 

Direct Loan balance of $15,000. The interest 

rate on all of the loans is 6.80 percent. 

The borrower and spouse have a combined 

AGI of $74,082 and are repaying their loans 

jointly under the ICR plan (for general 

information regarding joint ICR payments for 

married couples, see the fifth bullet under 

the heading entitled ‘‘General notes about the 

examples’’ in this attachment). 

Step 1: Add the borrower’s and the 

borrower’s spouse’s Direct Loan balances 

together to determine their combined 

aggregate loan balance: 

• $10,000 + $15,000 = $25,000 

Step 2: Determine the combined total 

annual payment amount for these borrowers 

based on what the both borrowers would pay 

over 12 years using standard amortization. To 

do this, multiply the combined loan balance 

by the constant multiplier for the applicable 

interest rate. In this example, the interest rate 

is 6.80 percent, for which the constant 

multiplier is 0.122130. 

• 0.122130 × $25,000 = $3,053.25 

Step 3: Multiply the result of Step 2 by the 

income percentage factor shown in the 

income percentage factors table in 

Attachment 1 that corresponds to the 

borrower’s and the borrower’s spouse’s AGI 

and then divide the result by 100: 

• 109.40 × $3,053.25 ÷ 100 = $3,340.26 

Step 4: Determine 20 percent of 

discretionary income. To do this, subtract the 

Poverty Guideline amount for a family of 

two, in this example, from the combined AGI 

and multiply the result by 20 percent: 

• $74,082 ¥ $14,710 = $59,372 

• $59,372 × 0.20 = $11,874.40 

Step 5: Compare the amount from Step 3 

with the amount from Step 4. The lower of 

the two will be the annual payment amount 

for the borrower and the borrower’s spouse. 

The borrower and the borrower’s spouse will 

jointly pay the amount calculated under Step 

3 ($3,340.26). To determine the monthly 

repayment amount, divide the annual 

amount by 12. 

• $3,340.26 ÷ 12 = $278.36 

Example 3. This example assumes that the 

borrower is single with no dependents and 

has $15,000 in Direct Subsidized and 

Unsubsidized Loans. The interest rate on all 

of the loans is 6.80 percent, and the 

borrower’s AGI is $31,210. 

Step 1: Determine the total annual payment 

amount based on what the borrower would 

pay over 12 years using standard 

amortization. To do this, multiply the loan 

balance by the constant multiplier for the 

applicable interest rate. In this example, the 

interest rate is 6.80 percent, for which the 

constant multiplier is 0.122130. 

• 0.122130 × $15,000 = $1,831.95 

Step 2: Multiply the result of Step 1 by the 

income percentage factor shown in the 

income percentage factors table in 

Attachment 1 that corresponds to the 

borrower’s income and then divide the result 

by 100: 

• 80.33 × $1,831.95 ÷ 100 = $1,471.61 

Step 3: Determine 20 percent of 

discretionary income (discretionary income 

is the borrower’s AGI minus the HHS Poverty 

Guideline amount for the borrower’s family 

size). To do this, subtract the Poverty 

Guideline amount for a family of one, in this 

example, from AGI and multiply the result by 

20 percent: 

• $31,210 ¥ $10,890 = $20,320 

• $20,320 × 0.20 = $4,064 

Step 4: Compare the amount from Step 2 

with the amount from Step 3. The lower of 

the two will be the annual payment amount. 

In this example, the borrower will be paying 

the amount calculated under Step 2 

($1,471.61). To determine the monthly 

repayment amount, divide the annual 

amount by 12. 

• $1,471.61 ÷ 12 = $122.63 

Example 4. In this example, the borrower 

is married and has no dependents, other than 

the spouse. The borrower and spouse have a 

combined AGI of $39,201 and are repaying 

their loans under the ICR plan (for general 

information regarding joint ICR payments for 

married couples, see the fifth bullet under 

the heading entitled ‘‘General notes about the 

examples’’ in this attachment). The borrower 

has a Direct Loan balance of $10,000, $5,000 

of which is at an interest rate of 6.80 percent 

and $5,000 of which is at an interest rate of 

7.0 percent, and the spouse has a Direct Loan 

balance of $5,000 at an interest rate of 6.80 

percent and $10,000 of which is at an interest 

rate of 7.0 percent. 

Step 1: Add the borrower’s and the 

borrower’s spouse’s Direct Loan balances that 

have the same interest rate together to 

determine combined aggregate loan balances 

by interest rate: 

• 6.8 percent: $5,000 + $5,000 = $10,000 

• 7.0 percent: $5,000 + $10,000 = $15,000 

Step 2: Determine the annual payment 

based on what would be paid over 12 years 

using standard amortization for each interest 

rate-based group of combined aggregate loan 

balances. To do this, multiply each group of 

combined aggregate loan balances by the 

constant multiplier for the applicable interest 

rate. For 6.80 percent, the constant multiplier 

is 0.122130. For 7.0 percent, the constant 

multiplier is 0.123406. 

• 0.122130 × $10,000 = $1,221.30 

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• 0.123406 × $15,000 = $1,851.09 

Step 3: Add the products of Step 2 

together, multiply that total by the income 

percentage factor shown in the income 

percentage factors table in Attachment 1 that 

corresponds to the borrower’s and the 

borrower’s spouse’s combined AGI, and then 

divide the result by 100: 

• 87.61 × $3,072.39 ÷ 100 = $2,691.72 

Step 4: Determine 20 percent of 

discretionary income. To do this, subtract the 

Poverty Guideline amount for a family of 

two, in this example, from the combined AGI 

and multiply the result by 20 percent: 

• $39,201 ¥ $14,710 = $24,491 

• $24,491 × 0.20 = $4,898.20 

Step 5: Compare the amount from Step 3 

with the amount from Step 4. The lower of 

the two will be the annual payment amount. 

In this example, the borrower and the 

borrower’s spouse will jointly pay the 

amount calculated under Step 3 ($2,691.72). 

To determine the monthly repayment 

amount, divide the annual amount by 12. 

• $2,691.72 ÷ 12 = $224.31 

Interpolation. If the borrower’s income is 

not included on the income percentage factor 

table, calculate the income percentage factor 

through interpolation. For example, assume 

that the borrower is single with income of 

$30,000. 

Step 1: Find the closest income listed that 

is less than $30,000 and the closest income 

listed that is greater than $30,000. 

Step 2: Subtract the lower amount from the 

higher amount (for this discussion, we will 

call the result the ‘‘income interval’’): 

• $31,210 ¥ $26,230 = $4,980 

Step 3: Determine the difference between 

the two income percentage factors that 

correspond to the incomes used in Step 2 (for 

this discussion, we will call the result the 

‘‘income percentage factor interval’’): 

• 80.33 percent ¥ 71.89 percent = 8.44 

percent 

Step 4: Subtract from the borrower’s 

income the closest income shown on the 

chart that is less than the borrower’s income 

of $30,000: 

• $30,000 ¥ $26,230 = $3,770 

Step 5: Divide the result of Step 4 by the 

income interval determined in Step 2: 

• $3,770 ÷ $4,980 = 0.757 

Step 6: Multiply the result of Step 5 by the 

income percentage factor interval: 

• 8.44 percent × 0.757 = 6.389 percent 

Step 7: Add the result of Step 6 to the 

lower of the two income percentage factors 

used in Step 3 to calculate the income 

percentage factor interval for $30,000 in 

income: 

• 6.389 percent + 71.89 percent = 78.28 

percent (rounded to the nearest hundredth) 

The result is the income percentage 

factor that will be used to calculate the 

monthly repayment amount under the 

ICR plan. 

Attachment 4—Charts Showing Sample 

Repayment Amounts for Single and 

Married Borrowers 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–C 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Education Research and Special 

Education Research Grant Programs; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

Overview Information 

Education Research and Special 

Education Research Grant Programs. 

Applications for New Awards. CFDA 

Nos: 84.305A, 84.305B, 84.305D, 

84.305E, 84.305H, 84.324A, 84.324B, 

and 84.324D. 

SUMMARY: On March 6, 2012, the 

Institute of Education Sciences in the 

U.S. Department of Education published 

in the Federal Register (77 FR 13297) a 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year 2013 for the 

Education Research and Special 

Education Research Grant Programs. 

This notice makes several corrections to 

the March 6, 2012, notice inviting 

applications (March 6 NIA). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

March 6 NIA, the Department 

announced 13 competitions to be held 

under the Education Research and 

Special Education Research Grant 

Programs. The chart at the end of the 

March 6 NIA (see 77 FR 13297, 13302– 

13303) provided competition-specific 

information, including the dates 

application packages would be available 

as well as the deadline dates for 

applications. The entries in the chart 

corresponding to the following three 

competitions contained errors: Research 

on Statistical and Research 

Methodology in Education (CFDA 

84.305D), Evaluation of State and Local 

Education Programs and Policies (CFDA 

84.305E), and Researcher-Practitioner 

Partnerships in Education Research 

(CFDA 84.305H). Following is a 

description of the errors along with the 

correct information: 

For the CFDA 84.305D competition: 

We indicated that the application 

package would be available on July 19, 

2012; however, the correct date the 

application package will be available is 

April 19, 2012. 

We also indicated that that the 

deadline for transmittal of applications 

would be September 20, 2012; however, 

the correct deadline is June 21, 2012. 

For the CFDA 84.305E competition: 

We indicated that the application 

package would be available on April 19, 

2012; however, the correct date the 

application package will be available is 

July 19, 2012. 

We also indicated that that the 

deadline for transmittal of applications 

would be June 21, 2012; however, the 

correct deadline is September 20, 2012. 

For the CFDA 84.305H competition: 

We indicated that the estimated range 

of awards was $100,000 to $400,000; 

however, the correct range is $50,000 to 

$200,000. 

We also incorrectly indicated that the 

project period for this grant would be up 

to 3 years; the corrected project period 

is up to 2 years. 

For these reasons, we correct the chart 

containing this information. On pages 

13302–13303 of the March 6 NIA, the 

chart is corrected to appear as follows: 

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

[FY 2013 Grant Competitions To Support Education Research and Special Education Research] 

CFDA number and name Application package available 

Deadline for 

transmittal of 

applications 

Estimated range of 

awards* Project period For further information contact 

National Center for Education Research (NCER) 

84.305A–1 Education Research: 

D Reading and Writing 

D Mathematics and 

Science Education 

D Cognition and Student 

Learning 

D Effective Teachers and 

Effective Teaching 

D Social and Behavioral 

Context for Academic 

Learning 

D Improving Education 

Systems: Policies, Organization, Management, and Leadership.

April 19, 2012 ..... June 21, 2012 .... $100,000 to $1,000,000 .... Up to 5 years Emily Doolittle 

Emily.Doolittle@ed.gov 

D Early Learning Programs and Policies 

D English Learners 

D Postsecondary and 

Adult Education 

D Education Technology 

84.305A–2 Education Research: 

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