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Respondent category Number of 

respondents 

Participation 

time per 

respondent 

(minutes) 

Burden 

hours per 

respondent 

Burden hours 

all respondents 

Caregiver Study: 

Baseline .................................................................................................. 926 30 0.50 463 

Follow-up ................................................................................................ 740 20 0.33 244 .2 

Volunteer Study: 

Baseline .................................................................................................. 1,224 20 0.33 403 .92 

First follow-up ......................................................................................... 979 15 0.25 244 .75 

Second follow-up .................................................................................... 783 20 0.33 258 .39 

SCP project staff: 

Caregiver Study 1: Baseline and follow-up ............................................. 142 90 1.50 213 

Volunteer Study 2: Baseline and two follow-ups ..................................... 170 120 2.00 340 

FGP project staff: 

Volunteer Study 2: baseline and two follow-ups ..................................... 309 120 2.00 618 

Total Burden .................................................................................... 5,273 435 7.24 2,785 .26 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): None. 

Dated: March 19, 2015. 

Mary Hyde, 

Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06852 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] 

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[FR Doc. 2015–06788 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Annual Updates to the Income 

Contingent Repayment (ICR) Plan 

Formula for 2015—William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan Program 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.063. 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the 

annual updates to the ICR plan formula 

for 2015, as required by 34 CFR 

685.209(b)(1)(ii)(A), to give notice to 

Direct Loan borrowers and the public 

regarding how monthly ICR payment 

amounts will be calculated for the 

2015–2016 year. 

DATES: The adjustments to the income 

percentage factors for the ICR plan 

formula contained in this notice are 

effective from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 

2016, for any borrower who enters the 

ICR plan or has his or her monthly 

payment amount recalculated under the 

ICR plan during that period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian 

Foss, U.S. Department of Education, 830 

First Street NE., Room 113H2, 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Under the William D. Ford Federal 

Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, 

borrowers may choose to repay their 

non-defaulted loans (Direct Subsidized 

Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, 

Direct PLUS Loans made to graduate or 

professional students, and Direct 

Consolidation Loans) under the ICR 

plan. The ICR plan bases the borrower’s 

repayment amount on the borrower’s 

income, family size, loan amount, and 

the interest rate applicable to each of the 

borrower’s loans. 

A Direct Loan borrower who repays 

his or her loans under the ICR plan pays 

the lesser of: (1) The amount that he or 

she would pay over 12 years with fixed 

payments multiplied by an income 

percentage factor or (2) 20 percent of 

discretionary income. 

Each year, to reflect changes in 

inflation, we adjust the income 

percentage factor used to calculate a 

borrower’s ICR payment. We use the 

adjusted income percentage factors to 

calculate a borrower’s monthly ICR 

payment amount when the borrower 

initially applies for the ICR plan or 

when the borrower submits his or her 

annual income documentation, as 

required under the ICR plan. This notice 

contains the adjusted income percentage 

factors for 2015, examples of how the 

monthly payment amount in ICR is 

calculated, and charts showing sample 

repayment amounts based on the 

adjusted ICR plan formula. This 

information is included in the following 

three attachments: 


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• Attachment 1—Income Percentage 

Factors for 2015 

• Attachment 2—Examples of the 

Calculations of Monthly Repayment 

Amounts 

• Attachment 3—Charts Showing 

Sample Repayment Amounts for 

Single and Married Borrowers 

In Attachment 1, to reflect changes in 

inflation, we have updated the income 

percentage factors that were published 

in the Federal Register on April 21, 

2014 (79 FR 22107). 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 between the notseasonally-adjusted Consumer Price 

Index for all urban consumers for 

December 2014 and December 2015. 

The 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 is the same as in the 

prior year. However, the revised 

repayment amount more accurately 

reflects the impact of inflation on the 

borrower’s current ability to repay. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in this section of the notice. 

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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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can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

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. 

Dated: March 19, 2015. 

James W. Runcie, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. 

Attachment 1—Income Percentage 

Factors for 2015 

INCOME PERCENTAGE FACTORS FOR 2015 

Single Married/head of household 

Income % Factor Income % Factor 

$11,150 55.00 $11,150 50.52 

15,342 57.79 17,593 56.68 

19,741 60.57 20,965 59.56 

24,240 66.23 27,408 67.79 

28,537 71.89 33,954 75.22 

33,954 80.33 42,648 87.61 

42,648 88.77 53,487 100.00 

53,488 100.00 64,331 100.00 

64,331 100.00 80,596 109.40 

77,318 111.80 107,695 125.00 

99,003 123.50 145,638 140.60 

140,221 141.20 203,682 150.00 

160,776 150.00 332,833 200.00 

286,370 200.00 

Attachment 2—Examples of the 

Calculations of Monthly Repayment 

Amounts 

General notes about the examples in this 

attachment: 

• We have a calculator that borrowers can 

use to estimate what their payment amount 

would be under the ICR plan. The calculator 

is called the ‘‘Repayment Estimator’’ and is 

available at StudentAid.gov/repaymentestimator. This calculator provides a 

detailed, individualized assessment of a 

borrower’s loans and repayment plan 

options, including the ICR plan. 

• The interest rates used in the examples 

are for illustration only. The actual interest 

rates on an individual borrower’s Direct 

Loans depend on the loan type and when the 

postsecondary institution first disbursed the 

Direct Loan to the borrower. 

• The Poverty Guideline amounts used in 

the examples are from the 2015 U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services 

(HHS) Poverty Guidelines for the 48 

contiguous States and the District of 

Columbia. Different Poverty Guidelines apply 

to residents of Alaska and Hawaii. The 

Poverty Guidelines for 2015 were published 

in the Federal Register on January 22, 2015 

(80 FR 3236). 

• All of the examples use an income 

percentage factor corresponding to an 

adjusted gross income (AGI) in the table in 

Attachment 1. If your AGI is not listed in the 

income percentage factors table in 

Attachment 1, calculate the applicable 

income percentage by following the 

instructions under the ‘‘Interpolation’’ 

heading later in this attachment. 

• Married borrowers may repay their 

Direct Loans jointly under the ICR plan. If a 

married couple elects this option, we add the 

outstanding balance on the Direct Loans of 

each borrower and we add together both 

borrowers’ AGIs to determine a joint ICR 

payment amount. We then prorate the joint 

payment amount for each borrower based on 

the proportion of that borrower’s debt to the 

total outstanding balance. We bill each 

borrower separately. 

• For example, if a married couple, John 

and Sally, has a total outstanding Direct Loan 

debt of $60,000, of which $40,000 belongs to 

John and $20,000 to Sally, we would 

apportion 67 percent of the monthly ICR 

payment to John and the remaining 33 

percent to Sally. 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 to the borrower’s Federal loan 

servicer. 

Calculating the monthly payment amount 

using a standard amortization and a 12-year 

repayment period. 

The formula to amortize a loan with a 

standard schedule (in which each payment is 

the same over the course of the repayment 

period) is as follows: 

M = P × <(I ÷ 12) ÷ [1¥{1 + (I ÷ 12)}∧¥N]> 

In the formula— 

• M is the monthly payment amount; 

• P is the outstanding principal balance of 

the loan at the time the calculation is 

performed; 

• I is the annual interest rate on the loan, 

expressed as a decimal (for example, for a 

loan with an interest rate of 6.8 percent, 

0.068); and 


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• N is the total number of months in the 

repayment period (for example, for a loan 

with a 12-year repayment period, 144 

months). 

For example, assume that Billy has a 

$10,000 Direct Unsubsidized Loan with an 

interest rate of 6.8 percent. 

Step 1: To solve for M, first simplify the 

numerator of the fraction by which we 

multiply P, the outstanding principal 

balance. To do this divide I, the interest rate, 

as a decimal, by 12. In this example, Billy’s 

interest rate is 6.8 percent. As a decimal, 6.8 

percent is 0.068. 

• 0.068 ÷ 12 = 0.005667 

Step 2: Next, simplify the denominator of 

the fraction by which we multiply P. To do 

this divide I, the interest rate, as a decimal, 

by 12. Then, add one. Next, raise the sum of 

the two figures to the negative power that 

corresponds to the length of the repayment 

period in months. In this example, because 

we are amortizing a loan to calculate the 

monthly payment amount under the ICR 

plan, the applicable figure is 12 years, which 

is 144 months. Finally, subtract the result 

from one. 

• 0.068 ÷ 12 = 0.005667 

• 1 + 0.005667 = 1.005667 

• 1.005667 ∧ ¥144 = 0.44319544 

• 1¥0.44319554 = 0.55680456 

Step 3: Next, resolve the fraction by 

dividing the result from step one by the 

result from step two. 

• 0.005667 ÷ 0.55680456 = 0.01017772 

Step 4: Finally, solve for M, the monthly 

payment amount, by multiplying the 

outstanding principal balance of the loan by 

the result of step 3. 

• $10,000 × 0.01017772 = $101.78 

The remainder of the examples in this 

attachment will only show the results of the 

formula. 

Example 1. Brenda is single with no 

dependents and has $15,000 in Direct 

Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans. The 

interest rate on Brenda’s loans is 6.80 

percent, and she has an AGI of $28,537. 

Step 1: Determine the total monthly 

payment amount based on what Brenda 

would pay over 12 years using standard 

amortization. To do this, use the formula that 

precedes Example 1. In this example, the 

monthly payment amount would be $152.67. 

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 Brenda’s AGI. In this example, an AGI of 

$28,537 corresponds to an income percentage 

factor of 71.89 percent. 

• 0.7189 × $152.66 = $109.75 

Step 3: Determine 20 percent of Brenda’s 

discretionary income and divide by 12 

(discretionary income is AGI minus the HHS 

Poverty Guideline amount for a borrower’s 

family size and State of residence). For 

Brenda, subtract the Poverty Guideline 

amount for a family of one from her AGI, 

multiply the result by 20 percent, and then 

divide by 12: 

• $28,537¥$11,770 = $16,767 

• $16,767 × 0.20 = $3,353.40 

• $3,353.40 ÷ 12 = $279.45 

Step 4: Compare the amount from Step 2 

with the amount from Step 3. The lower of 

the two will be the monthly ICR payment 

amount. In this example, Brenda will be 

paying the amount calculated under Step 2 

($109.75). 

Example 2. Joseph is married to Susan and 

has no dependents. Joseph has a Direct Loan 

balance of $10,000, and Susan has a Direct 

Loan balance of $15,000. The interest rate on 

all of the loans is 6.80 percent. 

Joseph and Susan have a combined AGI of 

$80,596 and are repaying their loans jointly 

under the ICR plan (for general information 

regarding joint ICR payments for married 

couples, see the fifth and sixth bullets under 

the heading ‘‘General notes about the 

examples in this attachment’’). 

Step 1: Add Joseph’s and Susan’s Direct 

Loan balances to determine their combined 

aggregate loan balance: 

• $10,000 + $15,000 = $25,000 

Step 2: Determine the combined monthly 

payment amount for Joseph and Susan based 

on what both borrowers would pay over 12 

years using standard amortization. To do 

this, use the formula that precedes Example 

1. In this example, the combined monthly 

payment amount would be $254.44. 

Step 3: Multiply the result of Step 2 by the 

income percentage factor shown in the 

income percentage factors table (see 

Attachment 1 to this notice) that corresponds 

to Joseph and Susan’s combined AGI. In this 

example, the combined AGI of $80,596 

corresponds to an income percentage factor 

of 109.40 percent. 

• 1.094 × $254.44 = $278.36 

Step 4: Determine 20 percent of Joseph and 

Susan’s combined discretionary income 

(discretionary income is AGI minus the HHS 

Poverty Guideline amount for a borrower’s 

family size and State of residence). To do this 

subtract the Poverty Guideline amount for a 

family of two from the combined AGI, 

multiply the result by 20 percent, and divide 

by 12: 

• $80,596¥$15,930 = $64,666 

• $64,666 × 0.20 = $12,933.20 

• $12,933.20 ÷ 12 = $1,077.77 

Step 5: Compare the amount from Step 3 

with the amount from Step 4. The lower of 

the two will be Joseph and Susan’s joint 

monthly payment amount. Joseph and Susan 

will jointly pay the amount calculated under 

Step 3 ($278.36). 

Step 6: Because Joseph and Susan are 

jointly repaying their Direct Loans under the 

ICR plan, the monthly payment amount 

calculated under Step 5 applies to both 

Joseph and Susan’s loans. To determine the 

amount for which each borrower will be 

responsible, prorate the amount calculated 

under Step 4 by each spouse’s share of the 

combined Direct Loan debt. Joseph has a 

Direct Loan debt of $10,000 and Susan has 

a Direct Loan Debt of $15,000. For Joseph, the 

monthly payment amount will be: 

• $10,000 ÷ ($10,000 + $15,000) = 40 percent 

• 0.40 × $278.36 = $111.34 

For Susan, the monthly payment amount 

will be: 

• $15,000 ÷ ($10,000 + $15,000) = 60 percent 

• 0.60 × $278.36 = $167.02 

Example 3. David is single with no 

dependents and has $60,000 in Direct 

Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans. The 

interest rate on all of the loans is 6.80 

percent, and David’s AGI is $33,954. 

Step 1: Determine the total monthly 

payment amount based on what David would 

pay over 12 years using standard 

amortization. To do this, use the formula that 

precedes Example 1. In this example, the 

monthly payment amount would be $610.66. 

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 David’s AGI. In this example, an AGI of 

$33,954 corresponds to an income percentage 

factor of 80.33 percent. 

• 0.8033 × $610.66 = $490.54 

Step 3: Determine 20 percent of David’s 

discretionary income and divide by 12 

(discretionary income is AGI minus the HHS 

Poverty Guideline amount for a borrower’s 

family size and State of residence). To do this 

subtract the Poverty Guideline amount for a 

family of one from David’s AGI, multiply the 

result by 20 percent, then divide by 12: 

• $33,954¥$11,770 = $22,184 

• $22,184 × 0.20 = $4,436.80 

• $4,436.80 ÷ 12 = $369.73 

Step 4: Compare the amount from Step 2 

with the amount from Step 3. The lower of 

the two will be David’s monthly payment 

amount. In this example, David will be 

paying the amount calculated under Step 3 

($369.73). 

Interpolation. If an income is not included 

on the income percentage factor table, 

calculate the income percentage factor 

through linear interpolation. For example, 

assume that Joan is single with an income of 

$50,000. 

Step 1: Find the closest income listed that 

is less than Joan’s income ($50,000) and the 

closest income listed that is greater than 

Joan’s income ($50,000). 

Step 2: Subtract the lower amount from the 

higher amount (for this discussion we will 

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

• $53,488¥$42,648 = $10,840 

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’’): 

• 100.00 percent¥88.77 percent = 11.23 

percent 

Step 4: Subtract from Joan’s income the 

closest income shown on the chart that is less 

than Joan’s income of $50,000: 

• $50,000¥$42,648 = $7,352 

Step 5: Divide the result of Step 4 by the 

income interval determined in Step 2: 

• $7,352 ÷ $10,840 = 67.82 percent 

Step 6: Multiply the result of Step 5 by the 

income percentage factor interval: 

• 11.23 percent × 67.82 percent = 7.62 

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 $50,000 in 

income: 


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• 7.62 percent + 88.77 percent = 96.39 

percent (rounded to the nearest hundredth) 

The result is the income percentage factor 

that we will use to calculate Joan’s monthly 

repayment amount under the ICR plan. 

Attachment 3—Charts Showing Sample 

Repayment Amounts for Single and 

Married Borrowers 

SAMPLE FIRST-YEAR MONTHLY REPAYMENT AMOUNTS FOR A SINGLE BORROWER

Income 

Family Size = 1 

Initial debt 

$10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000 $90,000 $100,000 

$10,000 ....... $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

20,000 ......... 63 126 137 137 137 137 137 137 137 137 

30,000 ......... 78 155 233 304 304 304 304 304 304 304 

40,000 ......... 89 179 268 358 447 471 471 471 471 471 

50,000 ......... 100 201 301 401 502 602 637 637 637 637 

60,000 ......... 102 204 305 407 509 611 712 804 804 804 

70,000 ......... 110 220 329 439 549 659 769 878 971 971 

80,000 ......... 117 234 351 469 586 703 820 937 1,054 1,137 

90,000 ......... 123 246 369 492 614 737 860 983 1,106 1,229 

100,000 ....... 128 256 384 512 640 768 896 1,024 1,152 1,280 

SAMPLE FIRST-YEAR MONTHLY REPAYMENT AMOUNTS FOR A MARRIED OR HEAD-OF-HOUSEHOLD BORROWER

Income 

Family Size = 3 

Initial debt 

$10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000 $90,000 $100,000 

$10,000 ....... $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 

20,000 ......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

30,000 ......... 73 147 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 

40,000 ......... 88 176 263 332 332 332 332 332 332 332 

50,000 ......... 100 200 301 401 499 499 499 499 499 499 

60,000 ......... 102 204 305 407 509 611 665 665 665 665 

70,000 ......... 107 214 321 428 534 641 748 832 832 832 

80,000 ......... 113 226 339 452 565 678 791 904 999 999 

90,000 ......... 119 238 357 476 596 715 834 953 1,072 1,165 

100,000 ....... 125 250 376 501 626 751 877 1,002 1,127 1,252 

[FR Doc. 2015–06704 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation 

Long-Term Training Program— 

Rehabilitation Specialty Areas 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Rehabilitation 

Services Administration (RSA)— 

Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation 

Long-Term Training Program— 

Rehabilitation Specialty Areas. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.129Q and W. 

DATES:

Applications Available: March 25, 

2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

April 8, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 26, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 23, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

program provides financial assistance 

for projects that provide— 

(1) Basic or advanced training leading 

to an academic degree in areas of 

personnel shortages in rehabilitation as 

identified by the Secretary; 

(2) A specified series of courses or 

program of study leading to the award 

of a certificate in areas of personnel 

shortages in rehabilitation as identified 

by the Secretary; and 

(3) Support for medical residents 

enrolled in residency training programs 

in the specialty of physical medicine 

and rehabilitation. 

Priority: This priority is from the 

notice of final priority for this program, 

published on July 23, 2014 in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 42680). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Rehabilitation Specialty Areas. 

The purpose of the priority is to fund 

programs leading to a master’s degree or 

certificate in one of two specialty areas: 

Rehabilitation of Individuals Who are 

Deaf or Hard of Hearing (84.129Q) and 

Comprehensive System of Personnel 

Development (84.129W). The goal of 

this priority is to increase the skills of 

scholars in these rehabilitation specialty 

areas so that, upon successful 

completion of their master’s degree or 

certificate programs, they are prepared 

to effectively meet the needs and 

demands of individuals with 

disabilities. 

Under this priority, applicants must: 

(a) Provide data on the current and 

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