Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) Technical Reference

For Full Participants and Phase-In Participants

2003-2004
U.S. Department of Education

September 2003
 COD Technical Reference

Table of Contents

I. Getting Started
Volume I: Table of Contents............................................................................................I – i
Section 1: Document Standards ................................................................................I – 1 – 1
Section 2: COD Overview of Changes from 2002-2003 to 2003- 2004...................I – 2 – 1
Section 3: COD Overview ........................................................................................I – 3 – 1

II. Common Record Full Participant Technical Reference

Volume II: Table of Contents ......................................................................................... II – i
Section 1: Full Participant Implementation Guide.................................................. II – 1 – 1
Section 2: Full Participant Message Classes........................................................... II – 2 – 1
Section 3: Common Record Layout........................................................................ II – 3 – 1
Section 4: Full Participant Edits ............................................................................. II – 4 – 1

III. Pell Grant Phase-In Participant Technical Reference

Volume III: Table of Contents...................................................................................... III – i
Section 1: Pell Grant Phase-In Participant Implementation Guide ....................................III – 1 – 1
Section 2: Pell Grant Phase-In Participant Message Classes................................. III – 2 – 1
Section 3: Pell Grant Fixed-Length Record Layouts............................................. III – 3 – 1
Section 4: Pell Grant Phase-In Participant Edit Codes and Descriptions .............. III – 4 – 1

IV. Direct Loan Phase-In Participant Technical Reference

Volume IV: Table of Contents......................................................................................IV – i
Section 1: Direct Loan Phase-In Participant Implementation Guide.....................IV – 1 – 1
Section 2: Direct Loan Phase-In Participant Message Classes..............................IV – 2 – 1
Section 3: Direct Loan Fixed-Length Record Layouts ..........................................IV – 3 – 1
Section 4: Direct Loan Phase-In Participant Edit Codes and Descriptions ...........IV – 4 – 1

V. Direct Loan & Pell Grant Combination System Supplement

Volume V: Table of Contents ........................................................................................ V – i
Section 1: Combination System Implementation Guide.......................................... V – 1 – 1
Section 2: Combination System Message Classes.................................................. V – 2 – 1
Section 3: Combination System Record Layouts ................................................... V – 3 – 1
Section 4: Combination System Edits..................................................................... V – 4 – 1

VI. Direct Loan Tools

Volume VI: Table of Contents......................................................................................VI – i

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 Section 1: Direct Loan (DL) Tools, Version 3.0 ...................................................VI – 1 – 1
Section 2: Direct Loan Tools Message Classes .....................................................VI – 2 – 1
Section 3: Direct Loan Tools Record Layouts.......................................................VI – 3 – 1
Section 4: Direct Loan Tools Reports ...................................................................VI – 4 – 1

VII. School Testing Guides

Volume VII: Table of Contents .................................................................................. VII – i
Section 1: COD School Testing Guide .................................................................VII – 1 – 1
Section 2: COD Full Participant Test Cases .........................................................VII – 2 – 1
Section 3: COD Phase-In Participant Test Cases .................................................VII – 3 – 1

VIII. Appendices
Volume VIII: Table of Contents ................................................................................ VIII – i
Section 1: Glossary of Terms.............................................................................. VIII – 1 – 1
Section 2: Funding Methods ............................................................................... VIII – 2 – 1
Section 3: Pell Grant Calculation Table.............................................................. VIII – 3 – 1
Section 4: State, Jurisdiction, and Country Codes.............................................. VIII – 4 – 1
Section 5: System Security ................................................................................. VIII – 5 – 1
Section 6: School Processing Options ................................................................ VIII – 6 – 1
Section 7: Print Specifications and Forms .......................................................... VIII – 7 – 1
Section 8: COD Reports...................................................................................... VIII – 8 – 1

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