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Wendy Jerreld U.S. Department of Education 2012 Software Developers Webinar #3

Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System Update. Wendy Jerreld U.S. Department of Education 2012 Software Developers Webinar #3. Agenda. COD Release 11.2 Update COD Release 12.0 Update Future Enhancements COD Technical Reference Updates. COD Release 11.2 Update.

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Wendy Jerreld U.S. Department of Education 2012 Software Developers Webinar #3

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  1. Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System Update Wendy Jerreld U.S. Department of Education 2012 Software Developers Webinar #3

  2. Agenda • COD Release 11.2 Update • COD Release 12.0 Update • Future Enhancements • COD Technical Reference Updates

  3. COD Release 11.2 Update • The COD System will implement the following functionality with Release 11.2 on November 9, 2012. • Final modifications for ending eligibility for upfront Direct Loan interest rebates • New Direct Loan and Grants Experimental Sites for COD • Edit 51 will allow approved schools to submit Direct Loandisbursements that are dated up to 30 days before start of classes/award begin date • Ability to submit and accept Pell Grant records for students with a bachelor's degree that are enrolled in vocational or career programs • Retire Warning Edit 111

  4. COD Release 11.2 Update Pell Experimental Sites • With Release 11.2, the COD System will implement new COD Experimental Sitesfunctionality for the ability to submit and accept Pell Grant records for students with a bachelor's degree that are enrolled in vocational or career programs. • Only schools that have been approved for this experiment will have this capability • Ability to process Pell Grants with the CPS Applicant Pell Eligible flag = No (N) when the award is submitted by a school that has an appropriate PEPS experimental site flag set • Processing can be performed via batch or Web for the 2012-2013 award year and forward

  5. COD Release 12.0 Update • With Release 12.0, the COD System will implement the following functionality in late March 2013: • New Award Year Set-Up for 2013-2014 • Ability to Benefit (ATB) modifications • Direct Loan and TEACH SAS disbursement detail available On Demand • Exit Counseling available on StudentLoans.gov • New value(s) in the <CounselingType> for Exit Counseling • <CounselingType> values to be published in early Fall • Exit Counseling data will be added to the existing COD Counseling Report

  6. COD Release 12.0 UpdateAbility to Benefit • With Release 12.0, the COD System will implement modifications to Ability to Benefit (ATB). • New valid values for <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag include: • 06 = High School Diploma • 07 = GED • <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag required field • Reject Edit 994 will be triggered if the <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag is not submitted on origination for any program • New warning Edit 199 when <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag value submitted does not match the High School Diploma or equivalent value from the CPS Transaction Number • For 2013-2014 and forward

  7. COD Release 12.0 UpdateAbility to Benefit • Also the Ability to Benefit modifications will include: • Reject Edit 198 if the <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag is submitted on origination with values equal to 05 “Other” and 03 “State” for all COD programs (Pell, Direct Loans and TEACH) for origination and maintenance • For award years 2011-2012 and forward

  8. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand • Starting with the 2013-2014 Award Year, COD will provide schools the option to request TEACH and Direct Loan SAS Disbursement Detail on an On Demand basis. • Grant Data Requests, DL Rebuild and SAS Disbursement Detail will be combined on one COD Web page • New message classes will be created for the data requested DL and TEACH SAS files

  9. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand • Users will have the following options for SAS Disbursement Detail On Demand: • Direct Loan or TEACH Program • Award Year • Start Date/End Date, Month-to-Date or Year-to-Date • Format • Display Names of Borrowers • DL SAS Detail

  10. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand

  11. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand

  12. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand • Direct Loan SAS Message Classes

  13. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand • Direct Loan SAS Message Classes

  14. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand • Direct Loan SAS Message Classes

  15. COD Release 12.0 UpdateSAS Disbursement On Demand • TEACH SAS Message Classes

  16. COD Future Enhancements • For the 2014-2015 award year, COD will begin performing full XML validation. • New validation will be based on the most frequent COD XML errors • Example of common errors include general file formatting such as: • Invalid character or invalid byte • Content before the <?xml tag • Opening tag exists but end tag is missing • Please see the following slide for further examples…

  17. COD Future Enhancements

  18. COD Technical Reference Updates

  19. We appreciate your feedback and comments. We can be reached at: Direct Loans: Wendy Jerreld Phone: (202) 377- 4135 Email: wendy.jerreld@ed.gov Contact Information Grants: Dan Sullivan Phone: (202) 377- 3114 Email: daniel.sullivan@ed.gov

  20. Contact Information COD School Relations Center Email:CODSupport@acs-inc.com URL: http://www.cod.ed.gov Phone - Grants: (800) 474-7268 Phone - Direct Loans: (800) 848-0978 Effective December 2012 New Customer Service Email Address CODSupport@ed.gov

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