Posted Date: June 24, 2009
Author: William Leith, Service Director, Program Management, Federal Student Aid
Subject: Additional COD System Implementation for 2009-2010 Award Year
As explained in a March 2009 Electronic Announcement on the Information for Financial
Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site, we implemented Common Origination and Disbursement
(COD) System functionality to support 2009-2010 Award Year processing. During
the period June 26-27, 2009, we plan to implement additional COD System functionality
needed to support 2009-2010 Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) changes related to
the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), Public Law 110-315, that was enacted
on August 14, 2008, and reauthorizes the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
(the HEA). Specifically, we will implement functionality to support:
In this announcement, we provide the following important information related
to the implementation:
Note: This announcement and its attachment provide only operational
guidance for the Pell Grant changes listed above. The Department of Education
(the Department) will issue policy guidance related to these changes through
Dear Colleague Letters and the publication of a forthcoming Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM). Please monitor the Information
for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site for this guidance.
Note for EDExpress Users: EDExpress for Windows 2009-2010, Release
4.0, scheduled for release the week of July 6, 2009, updates the 2009-2010 Pell
Grant module with enhancements related to the HEOA. We will communicate the
details through a forthcoming Electronic Announcement on the IFAP
Web site.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we complete this important
activity.
COD Batch Processing Suspension and Web Site Outage Information
In order to install the system changes-
We will suspend COD batch processing beginning at 8:00 P.M. (ET) on Friday,
June 26, 2009. Records submitted after 8:00 P.M. (ET) will be held and processed
after 8:00 P.M. (ET) on Saturday, June 27, 2009.
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The COD Web site will be unavailable
from 8:00 P.M. (ET) on Friday, June 26, 2009 until 8:00 P.M. (ET) on Saturday,
June 27, 2009.
Additionally, for Direct Loan participants-
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The Direct Loan Electronic
Master Promissory Note (MPN) Web site will be unavailable from 8:00
P.M. (ET) on Friday, June 26, 2009 until 8:00 P.M. (ET) on Saturday, June
27, 2009.
Individuals starting the process by 7:00 P.M. (ET) on June 26, 2009 will be
able to complete their MPNs before the Web site becomes unavailable. Individuals
attempting to access the Web site after the cutoff time will see a Web site
maintenance message and will not be able to start the process or retrieve an
existing MPN.
Additionally, for TEACH Grant participants-
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The TEACH Grant Web
site will be unavailable from 8:00 P.M. (ET) on Friday, June 26, 2009
until 8:00 P.M. (ET) on Saturday, June 27, 2009.
Individuals starting the process by 7:00 P.M. (ET) on June 26, 2009 will
be able to complete his or her TEACH Grant Initial and Subsequent Counseling
or ATS before the Web site becomes unavailable. Individuals attempting to
access the Web site after the cutoff time will see a Web site maintenance
message and will not be able to start the TEACH Grant Initial and Subsequent
Counseling session, complete a new Agreement to Serve (ATS), or retrieve
an existing ATS.
Note: The COD System will undergo extended routine maintenance
on Sunday, June 28, 2009 from 1:30 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. (ET). During this period,
batch processing and Web site availability will again be impacted.
COD System Processing Changes for 2009-2010 Pell Grants
In Volume I, Section 2 of the 2009-2010
COD Technical Reference, we provide an overview of the enhancements and
modifications being made to the COD System for the 2009-2010 Award Year.
We provide more detailed information about the changes in the attachment to
this announcement titled "COD System Processing Changes for 2009-2010 Pell
Grants."
Contact Information
If you have questions about this announcement, contact the COD School Relations
Center at 800/474-7268 for Grants or 800/848-0978 for Direct Loans. You may
also e-mail CODSupport@acs-inc.com.
Attachments/Enclosures:
COD System Processing Changes for 2009-2010 Pell Grants in PDF Format, 44KB, 4 pages
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