EDExpress Software Update for COD Country Code Reporting

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Published February 27th, 2026

Detected March 1st, 2026

Summary

The U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid has released an update for EDExpress 2025-26, Release 2.0. This update corrects an issue with reporting U.S. territory country codes to the COD System, ensuring proper data submission for students from these regions.

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What changed

Federal Student Aid has issued a service release for EDExpress 2025-26, Release 2.0, to address an issue with reporting country codes for students from U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa). Previously, EDExpress sent territory-specific codes which are now rejected by the COD System following a December 2025 system change. The update ensures that "US" is reported as the country code for these students.

Educational institutions using EDExpress 2025-26 must download and install this service release file on all applicable workstations. This is a cumulative release that also includes a fix for a Pell Grant multiple entry issue. Users should ensure EDExpress is closed before running the installation and may need administrative rights on their workstations. No reboot is required after installation.

What to do next

Download and install the EDExpress 2025-26, Release 2.0 service release file on all relevant workstations.
Ensure EDExpress is closed on workstations before running the installation.
Verify correct installation directory is selected during the installation process.

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Posted Date February 27, 2026 Author Federal Student Aid Electronic Announcement ID EDESUITE-26-01 Subject New Service Release Available for EDExpress 2025–26, Release 2.0 to Correct Reporting of U.S. Territory Country Codes to COD System

A new service release is available for EDExpress for Windows 2025–26, Release 2.0 that resolves an issue causing Direct Loan, Pell Grant, and TEACH Grant data for students from U.S. territories to reject at the COD System. This is a cumulative release that includes the software updates posted previously in the Release 2.0 service releases described in the June 27, 2025 Electronic Announcement and December 9, 2025 Electronic Announcement.

This service release updates the Direct Loan, Pell Grant, and TEACH Grant modules to report a value of “US” for the Country Code field to the COD System if the student is a resident of a U.S. territory. This includes residents of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

In prior releases, EDExpress sent the country code associated with the territory (such as “PR” for Puerto Rico), which is now rejected by the COD System due to system changes we implemented in December 2025. For more information on the updated reporting of country codes, see the December 4, 2025 Electronic Announcement.

This service release also corrects a Pell Grant multiple entry issue that caused error messages when a user attempted to update the Enrollment Intensity value for multiple records.

You must have EDExpress 2025–26, Release 2.0 installed on your PC before running this service release file. You can download Release 2.0 from the Software and Other Tools page of the Knowledge Center website.

Refer to the sections below for guidance and tips on downloading and running the service release file on PC workstations running EDExpress 2025–26.

Downloading and Running the EDExpress Service Release File

The updated EDExpress 2025–26, Release 2.0 service release installation file (EDE26Feb2026ReleaseV1.exe) is provided on the Knowledge Center website. You can initiate the download of the service release file by clicking the link. The software file will begin downloading when you click on the link.

You should run the installation on all PC workstations in your office that have Release 2.0 installed.

When you run the installation file, you are prompted to select the program directory for EDExpress 2025–26, Release 2.0 on the PC workstation. For most users, this is the default directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\EDESuite\EDExpress for Windows 2025-2026 (unless you changed this location during the installation process). If you do not have a Program Files (x86) directory, the default is C:\Program Files\EDESuite\EDExpress for Windows 2025-2026. Choose OK to initiate and run the service release installation.

You do not need to reboot your PC(s) once the copy procedure is complete to resume using EDExpress 2025–26, Release 2.0.

Additional Tips and Guidance

Note the following additional tips when loading the service release file to your PC workstation(s):

Be sure to close EDExpress on your PC(s) before performing the download and copy procedure.
Microsoft Windows users must have admin rights to the PC workstation(s) running EDExpress to run the service release file installation.
If you receive a message indicating you cannot overwrite the file (usually due to a “sharing violation”), restart your computer and try again. Windows may think the file overwritten by the service release file installation is in use until you restart.
If your EDExpress database is installed on a network drive, and you have multiple PC workstations accessing that database, you must run the service release file installation on each workstation. Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this message, please contact the FPS Help Desk at 1-800-330-5947 or support@fps.ed.gov. The FPS Help Desk provides customer service for the FAFSA Processing System (FPS), the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG), and the EDExpress for Windows software.