The Department of Education has updated the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) Technical Reference and contains development information for the 2025–2026 award year. Volumes 1, 2, 6, and 7 are currently available; the remaining sections will be released later this year.
Available Volumes:
Volume 1: Getting Started
Volume 2: Common Record Technical Reference
Volume 6: Appendices
Volume 7: COD System Generated XML Examples
- 2025-2026 COD Technical Reference: Volume 7: COD XML Examples (Master File) in PDF Format, 7 Pages, 253KB *
- Booking Notification Response in Text Format, 2KB
- Common Record Direct Loan Input Example in Text Format, 5KB
- Common Record Input Example in Text Format, 23KB
- Credit Status Response in Text Format, 5KB
- Direct Loan Correction Response in Text Format, 9KB
- Direct Loan Counseling Response in Text Format, 2KB
- Direct Loan Denied Credit Decision Response in Text Format, 8KB
- Direct Loan Web Origination and Disbursement Response in Text Format, 7KB
- Direct Loan with Anticipated Disbursements and Warning Edits Response in Text Format, 6KB
- Direct PLUS Loan Common Record Response in Text Format, 5KB
- Direct PLUS Loan Web Origination and Disbursement Response in Text Format, 3KB
- DL Grad PLUS Application Response in Text Format, 3KB
- DL Grad PLUS Linked MPN Response in Text Format, 4KB
- DL Grad PLUS Unlinked MPN Response in Text Format, 3KB
- DL Parent PLUS Application Response in Text Format, 3KB
- DL Parent PLUS Linked MPN Response in Text Format, 3KB
- DL Parent PLUS Unlinked MPN Response in Text Format, 3KB
- DL Sub Linked MPN Response in Text Format, 2KB
- DL SubUnsub Unlinked MPN Response in Text Format, 3KB
- DL Unsub Linked MPN Response in Text Format, 3KB
- Entrance Counseling Acknowledgement in Text Format, 2KB
- Informed Borrower Response in Text Format, 7KB
- Linked Agreement Acknowledgement in Text Format, 3KB
- Negative Disbursement Response in Text Format, 3KB
- Origination Fee Response in Text Format, 5KB
- Payment to Servicer Response in Text Format, 2KB
- Pell Award Correction Response in Text Format, 4KB
- Pell Award Reject Response in Text Format, 4KB
- Pell Grant, TEACH Grant, and Direct Loan with Warning Edit Response in Text Format, 15KB
- Pell Origination and Disbursement Response in Text Format, 7KB
- PLUS Application Response for a Borrower with Accepted Credit in Text Format, 4KB
- SSN Date of Birth Reject Response in Text Format, 8KB
- Subsidized Usage Change Response in Text Format, 3KB
- TEACH Grant Counseling Response in Text Format, 2KB
- TEACH Grant Exit Counseling Response in Text Format, 2KB
- TEACH Grant Initial and Subsequent Counseling Response in Text Format, 2KB
- TEACH Grant Web Origination and Disbursement Response in Text Format, 5KB
- Unlinked Agreement Acknowledgement in Text Format, 3KB
The following volumes will be released later this year:
Volume 3: Combination System Supplement
- 2025-2026 COD Technical Reference: Volume 3: Combination System Supplement (Master File) in PDF Format – Planned for March 2025
Volume 4: Campus-Based Record Layout
- 2025-2026 COD Technical Reference: Volume 4: Campus-Based Processing Technical Reference (Master File) in PDF Format *
Volume 5: School Testing Guide
- 2025-2026 COD Technical Reference: Volume 5: School Testing Guide (Master File) in PDF Format *
*The Department of Education strives to make all content accessible to everyone. While these documents do not currently meet the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Federal Student Aid is working to create accessible versions. If you need access to these documents before the accessible versions are available, please contact the Information Technology Accessibility Program Help Desk at ITAPSupport@ed.gov to help facilitate.