Session FF-12

COD Basics

Wood MasonU.S. Department of Education

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What is COD?• Federal Student Aid’s system for

processing student award data for.. – Pell Grants– ACG/National SMART Grants– TEACH Grants– Direct Loans

• It’s a web site• It’s your lifeline to successful processing

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How is it populated?• Student award data transmitted via

Common Record (Document) as a “batch” by school or school’s 3rd Party Servicer

• Submitted online individually by user at www.cod.ed.gov

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Disbursement

Common Record “Data Blocks”

Award

Person

Entity Information

Common Record

Response

Response

Response

Response

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Who should use it?• Financial Aid Officers/staff

• Business Office/staff

• Servicers/Corporate processors

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Where do I get help?

•COD Technical Reference-FSAdownload.ed.gov

•COD CBT•Your COD Customer Service Representative (CSR)•Your Direct Loan Servicing Center CSR

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Where do I get help?

•Direct Loan Website•IFAP

- Direct Loan Bulletins- Dear Colleague Letters- Electronic Announcements- FSA Student Aid Handbook

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Contact Information

I appreciate your feedback and comments. I can be reached at:

• Phone: 404/562-6270• Email: wood.mason@ed.gov