During the period June 26–27, 2021, we plan to implement Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System functionality that supports the Campus-Based programs and the processing of Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant), Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) awards for the 2021–22 award year.
In this announcement, we provide the following important information related to the implementation:
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COD System Outage Information
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Additional 2021–22 COD System Implementation Information
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Contact Information
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Attachments
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we complete this important activity.
COD System Outage Information
To implement the COD System functionality, we will suspend COD batch processing beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern time (ET) on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Records submitted after this time will be held and processed after 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, June 27, 2021.
Note: All actual disbursements with a disbursement date from June 26–27, 2021 must be received, and subsequently accepted, by the COD System no later than 9 a.m. ET on Friday, June 25, 2021, in order to generate the appropriate funding level increase prior to the outage. Disbursements submitted by the deadline but not subsequently accepted or disbursements submitted after the deadline will be processed and funded after the outage.
In addition, between 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 26, 2021 and 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, June 27, 2021—
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Users will not be able to submit or retrieve data via the COD website.
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Users will not be able to access the COD Reports area of the COD website.
Additional 2021–22 COD System Implementation Information
The attachment titled “Additional COD System Changes for 2021–22,” highlights the system changes we will implement during the June 26–27, 2021 period.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this announcement or its attachment, contact the COD School Relations Center at 1-800-848-0978. You may also email CODSupport@ed.gov.