The federal fiscal year for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) ends on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Some of ED’s core financial systems, including G5, will be on a modified processing schedule while ED finalizes its processing and accounting for Fiscal Year 2025. These modifications will impact how the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System will process financial data and when schools can obtain funds for the federal student aid programs as follows:
- 3 p.m. Eastern time (ET) on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, through 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 – The G5 website will not be available. Schools will not be able to draw down Campus-Based, Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant), Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) funds during this period. Schools will be able to draw down under their existing authorizations once G5 reopens.
- Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 – The COD System will accept Pell Grant, TEACH Grant, and Direct Loan records. However, after 8 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, Current Funding Level (CFL) changes (as a result of actual disbursements) and funding will not be processed until G5 reopens.
All actual disbursements with a disbursement date from Sept. 30, 2025 through Oct. 1, 2025, must be received and subsequently accepted by the COD System no later than 8 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in order to generate the appropriate funding level increase prior to the G5 shutdown. Disbursements submitted by the deadline but not subsequently accepted, disbursements submitted after the deadline, and disbursements with a disbursement date after Oct. 1, 2025, will be funded once G5 reopens.
Note: Schools should also refer to two other announcements related to the Sept. 30, 2025, processing deadline (one is about the 2024–25 TEACH Grant Closeout deadline and one is about the Pell Grant 2024–25 award year data submission deadline). Schools should ensure that 1) all necessary reports are obtained and 2) all applicable 2024–25 origination, disbursement, and change records are submitted and accepted prior to the processing deadlines.
If you have any questions about this announcement, contact one of the following help desks:
- For questions related to G5, contact the G5 Hotline at 1-888-336-8930 or email obssed@servicenowservices.com
- For questions related to the COD System, contact the FSA Partner and School Relations Center at 1-800-848-0978. The contact center is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. You may also email CODSupport@ed.gov.