In spring 2026, we plan to implement Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System functionality to support the processing of Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant), Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) awards for the 2026–27 award year. In conjunction with this implementation, we will begin using a new version of the COD Common Record Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema. The new schema version is 5.0d.
After the spring 2026 COD System implementation—
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Schools must send all 2026–27 Common Record documents using COD Common Record XML Schema Version 5.0d. The COD system will send all 2026–27 Common Record responses using COD Common Record XML Schema Version 5.0d.
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The COD System will send unsolicited system-generated responses for all award years using COD Common Record XML Schema Version 5.0d.
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The COD System will send COD Web Activity responses for all award years using COD Common Record XML Schema Version 5.0d.
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All available school reports, including data requests, will remain in formats other than XML.
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We will continue to fully validate all Common Record files against the published COD Common Record XML Schema.
For complete information about the new schema version, refer to “COD Common Record XML Schema Version 5.0d.”
If you have questions, 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. Eastern time, Monday through Friday. You may also email CODSupport@ed.gov.