COD System Implementation for 2026-27 Award Year
Summary
The U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid announces implementation of COD System functionality for the 2026-27 award year on April 26, 2026, supporting processing of Pell Grant, TEACH Grant, and Direct Loan awards. COD batch processing will be suspended from midnight to 11 a.m. ET on April 26 to deploy the new functionality. During the outage, schools cannot submit or retrieve batch data via the COD website or access COD Reports. Institutions, states, and vendors should prepare their systems for these changes.
“On April 26, 2026, we plan to implement Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System functionality that supports the processing of Federal Pell Grant, Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan awards and supports the Campus-Based programs for the 2026–27 award year.”
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The Department implements new COD System functionality supporting Pell Grant, TEACH Grant, and Direct Loan program processing for the 2026-27 award year. The announcement includes two PDF attachments with reminders and detailed system change information. Institutions and vendors should note that ongoing rulemaking related to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may result in additional technical guidance if regulations change these updates.
Educational institutions participating in federal student aid programs should prepare their systems for the scheduled April 26 implementation and associated outage window. Financial aid administrators should review the attached funding authorization and disbursement information to ensure compliance with 2026-27 award year requirements.
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Posted Date April 23, 2026 Author Federal Student Aid Electronic Announcement ID COD-26-04 Subject COD System Implementation for 2026–27 Award Year
On April 26, 2026, we plan to implement Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System functionality that supports the processing of Federal Pell Grant, Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan awards and supports the Campus-Based programs for the 2026–27 award year.
The U.S. Department of Education is currently engaged in rulemaking on numerous One Big Beautiful Bill Act provisions. While final regulations are forthcoming, we are providing this technical guidance to support institutions, states, and vendors in preparing their systems to implement these changes. If the forthcoming regulations result in changes to these technical updates, we will provide additional guidance at that time.
COD System Outage Information
We will suspend COD batch processing from midnight until 11 a.m. Eastern time (ET) on Sunday, April 26, 2026, to implement the COD System functionality. During the outage, we will hold any records that schools submit and process them when the outage is over.
In addition, during the outage users will not be able to
- submit or retrieve data via the COD website, and
- access the “COD Reports” area of the COD website. 2026–27 COD System Implementation Information
The attachment titled, “Reminders and 2026–27 Funding Authorization and Disbursement Information,” provides reminders for the 2026–27 award year as well as 2026–27 funding authorization and disbursement information.
The attachment titled, “COD System Changes for 2026–27,” highlights the system changes we will implement on April 26, 2026.
Contact Information
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we complete this important activity.
If you have questions about this announcement or its attachments, 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. ET, Monday through Friday. You may also email CODSupport@ed.gov.
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The U.S. Department of Education strives to make all content accessible to everyone. While these documents do not currently meet the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Federal Student Aid is working to create accessible versions. If you need access to these documents before the accessible versions are available, please contact the Information Technology Accessibility Program Help Desk at ITAPSupport@ed.gov to help facilitate.
Reminders and 2026–27 Funding Authorization and Disbursement Information in PDF Format
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