FSA has notified institutions that it will suspend batch processing for the Common Origination Disbursement System (COD) as it makes important updates in preparation for the 2024-25 academic year. The outage is scheduled to occur from midnight to 11 a.m. Eastern time (ET) on Sunday, June 30, 2024
In addition, users will not have access to COD reports or be able to retrieve as well as submit data to the website during the same time period; any records sent during this period will be processed after 11 am on Sunday.
This new update will bring several systems changes including:
- Addition of 2025–26 Award Year Cycle for Campus-Based Programs – We will add the 2025–26 processing cycle to the COD System. All Campus-Based Program forms and instructions and Campus-Based processes will be updated in the COD System for the 2025–26 application year (and 2023–24 reporting year) and will become available to view and edit beginning on Aug. 1, 2024. For a summary of changes being made to the Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP), refer to the Electronic Announcement posted May 20, 2024
- Campus-Based XML Common Record Schema Processing – The COD System will be able to accept records using the Campus-Based XML schema version 1.0b. For more information about the schema itself, refer to the Campus-Based XML schema posting and Volume 4 of the COD Technical Reference. Operational guidance about using the Campus-Based XML schema to report Federal Work-Study earnings (for calendar year 2023) will be provided in a forthcoming announcement.
- Reporting Template for schools with an approved Prison Education Program (PEP) – We will release the reporting template schools use to provide data about confined or incarcerated Pell Grant recipients enrolled in an eligible PEP. More information about this change will be provided directly to those schools with an approved PEP.
SOURCE: (COD-24-05) Additional COD System Implementation for 2024–25 Award Year (June 2024)