On April 26, 2026, FSA will implement Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System functionality that supports the processing of Federal Pell Grant, Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan awards and supports the Campus-Based programs for the 2026–27 award year.
The U.S. Department of Education is currently engaged in rulemaking on numerous One Big Beautiful Bill Act provisions. While final regulations are forthcoming, FSA is providing this technical guidance to support institutions, states, and vendors in preparing their systems to implement these changes. If the forthcoming regulations result in changes to these technical updates, FSA will provide additional guidance at that time.
COD System Outage Information
FSA will suspend COD batch processing from midnight until 11 a.m. Eastern time (ET) on Sunday, April 26, 2026, to implement the COD System functionality. During the outage, FSA will hold any records that schools submit and process them when the outage is over.
In addition, during the outage users will not be able to
- submit or retrieve data via the COD website, and
- access the “COD Reports” area of the COD website.
- 2026–27 COD System Implementation Information
The attachment titled, “Reminders and 2026–27 Funding Authorization and Disbursement Information in PDF Format,” provides reminders for the 2026–27 award year as well as 2026–27 funding authorization and disbursement information.
The attachment titled, “COD System Changes for 2026–27 in PDF Format,” highlights the system changes we will implement on April 26, 2026.
For more information, see: (COD-26-04) COD System Implementation for 2026–27 Award Year