COD Technical Reference

Volume II – Common Record Full Participant Technical Reference

Table of Contents

Section 1 – Full Participant Implementation Guide .....................................................II – 1 - 1

Overview................................................................................................................... II – 1 - 1
Full Participants in 2003-2004.................................................................................. II – 1 - 6
XML version of EDExpress for 2003-2004.............................................................. II – 1 - 6
Full Participant Status by Program ........................................................................... II – 1 - 7
Common Record Valid Format Rules....................................................................... II – 1 - 8
Common Record XML Schema Guidelines .............................................. II – 1 - 8
2003-2004 Common Record XML Schema .............................................. II – 1 - 8
Maximum Length Values and Leading Zeros ......................................... II – 1 - 14
Empty (Blank) and Nillable (Null) Tags ................................................. II – 1 - 15
Data Types ............................................................................................... II – 1 - 16
Date Fields ............................................................................................... II – 1 - 17
Year Fields ............................................................................................... II – 1 - 17
Date/Time Fields...................................................................................... II – 1 - 18
Decimal Fields ......................................................................................... II – 1 - 18
Dollar Amount Fields .............................................................................. II – 1 - 18
Percentage Fields ..................................................................................... II – 1 - 21
Integer Fields ........................................................................................... II – 1 - 22
String Fields ............................................................................................. II – 1 - 22
Boolean Fields ......................................................................................... II – 1 - 22
XML Predefined Entity References......................................................... II – 1 - 22
Common Record Processing Rules......................................................................... II – 1 - 24
Document................................................................................................. II – 1 - 24
Document Submission ............................................................................. II – 1 - 24
Batch Processing...................................................................................... II – 1 - 24
COD Message Classes ............................................................................. II – 1 - 25
Logical Record Length Limitation........................................................... II – 1 - 25
COD Receipts .......................................................................................... II – 1 - 25
Response Documents ............................................................................... II – 1 - 26
Response Code......................................................................................... II – 1 - 28
Storing of Reject Records ........................................................................ II – 1 - 31
Document Validation ............................................................................... II – 1 - 31
Sequence of Data Elements Required for Document Processing ............ II – 1 - 32
Documents Must be Submitted by a Full Participant .............................. II – 1 - 32
Document ID Required for Document Submission ................................. II – 1 - 33

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 Duplicate Document IDs.......................................................................... II – 1 - 33
Inability to Process Future-Dated Documents ......................................... II – 1 - 34
Documents Submitted Must Contain at Least One Detailed Record....... II – 1 - 34
Document Submissions of One Detailed Record..................................... II – 1 - 35
Minimum Data Elements Required for Document Processing................ II – 1 - 36
Routing ID ............................................................................................... II – 1 - 43
Entity ID................................................................................................... II – 1 - 43
Total Count in the Reported Financial Summary Complex Element ...... II – 1 - 52
Total Award Amount Reported in the Reported Financial Summary Complex
Element .................................................................................................. II – 1 - 53
Total Disbursement Amount Reported in the Reported Financial Summary
Complex Element..................................................................................... II – 1 - 54
Student Identifier ..................................................................................... II – 1 - 55
Changing Student Identifier Information................................................. II – 1 - 56
Borrower Identifier .................................................................................. II – 1 - 58
CPS Transaction Number ........................................................................ II – 1 - 60
Student Identifier and Data Elements Matched Against the CPS............ II – 1 - 60
Data Elements Pulled from the CPS ........................................................ II – 1 - 64
NoteMessage Field................................................................................... II – 1 - 65
Removal of Invalid Phone Number Edit.................................................. II – 1 - 66
Updating Phone Numbers ........................................................................ II – 1 - 67
Direct Loan Award and Disbursement Process ...................................................... II – 1 - 68
Utilizing Loan Key for Subsidized and Unsubsidized Direct Loans ....... II – 1 - 68
Disbursement Sequence Number Required on all Disbursements .......... II – 1 - 72
Disbursement Release Indicator .............................................................. II – 1 - 73
Submitting Direct Loan Edit Only Record with Disbursement Information
.................................................................................................................. II – 1 - 74
Generating Disclosure Statements ........................................................... II – 1 - 75
Performing Annual Loan Limit Edits ...................................................... II – 1 - 80
Submitting Direct Loan Disbursement Information and Disbursement Release
Indicator ................................................................................................... II – 1 - 81
Reporting Pennies in the Award and Disbursement Amount Data Elements
.................................................................................................................. II – 1 - 87
Calculating Direct Loan Disbursements .................................................. II – 1 - 88
Disbursement Net Amount, Disbursement Fee Amount, and Interest Rebate
Amount Calculations ............................................................................... II – 1 - 92
Updating and Adjusting Direct Loan Disbursement Amounts and Dates
.................................................................................................................. II – 1 - 95
Inactivating a Direct Loan ....................................................................... II – 1 - 98
Generating Direct Loan Booking Notification Responses....................... II – 1 - 99
Generating Payment to Servicing Responses ........................................ II – 1 - 101

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 Loan Discharge ...................................................................................... II – 1 - 104
Direct Loan Master Promissory Notes.................................................................. II – 1 - 107
Master Promissory Notes....................................................................... II – 1 - 107
Master Promissory Note Features.......................................................... II – 1 - 109
Multi-Year MPN Feature....................................................................... II – 1 - 109
Schools Opting for Single-Year MPN Feature ...................................... II – 1 - 110
Single-Year MPN Feature...................................................................... II – 1 - 111
Single-Loan MPN Feature (PLUS Only)............................................... II – 1 - 112
Master Promissory Note Printing Process ............................................. II – 1 - 112
Submitting a Promissory Note Print Code............................................. II – 1 - 115
Linking an MPN to a Direct Loan Subsidized/Unsubsidized or PLUS Award
................................................................................................................ II – 1 - 117
Closing MPNs........................................................................................ II – 1 - 125
Generating a Master Promissory Note Response................................... II – 1 - 126
Direct Loan PLUS Credit Check .......................................................................... II – 1 - 129
Requesting a PLUS Credit Decision...................................................... II – 1 - 129
Credit Decision Appeal Process............................................................. II – 1 - 129
Generating Credit Decision Override Responses .................................. II – 1 - 130
Direct Loan Entrance/Exit Interview .................................................................... II – 1 - 132
Requesting an Entrance Counseling File/Report ................................... II – 1 - 132
Requesting an Exit Counseling File/Report........................................... II – 1 - 132
Direct Loan Closeout ............................................................................. II – 1 - 132
Pell Grant Award and Disbursement Process ....................................................... II – 1 - 135
Pell Grant Correction Edits to be Treated as Rejects............................. II – 1 - 135
Reporting Pennies in the Award and Disbursement Amounts Data Elements
................................................................................................................ II – 1 - 135
Establishing Pell Grant Award Information .......................................... II – 1 - 137
Removal of Enrollment Status Edit on Award Amount ........................ II – 1 - 138
Disbursement Sequence Number Required on all Disbursements ........ II – 1 - 139
Disbursement Release Indicator ............................................................ II – 1 - 140
Submitting Pell Grant Disbursement Information and Disbursement Release
Indicator ................................................................................................. II – 1 - 141
Updating and Adjusting Pell Grant Disbursement Amounts and Dates II – 1 - 145
Processing System-Generated Pell Responses....................................... II – 1 - 147
Reporting Verification Status Code ....................................................... II – 1 - 147
Negative Pending Records..................................................................... II – 1 - 150
Concurrent Enrollment........................................................................... II – 1 - 151
Pell Potential Overaward Process (POP) ............................................... II – 1 - 152
Pell Administrative Cost Allowance (ACA).......................................... II – 1 - 155
Pell Close-Out Processing...................................................................... II – 1 - 155
Post-Deadline Processing....................................................................... II – 1 - 156

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 User Readiness Checklist...................................................................................... II – 1 - 157

Section 2 – Full Participant Message Classes ............................................................... II – 2 – 1

Full Participant Message Classes............................................................................. II – 2 – 1

Section 3 – Common Record Layout............................................................................. II – 3 – 1

Introduction.............................................................................................................. II – 3 – 1
Common Record Layout.......................................................................................... II – 3 – 3
Document Information ................................................................................ II – 3 – 3
Entity Information ....................................................................................... II – 3 – 6
Person Information .................................................................................... II – 3 – 10
Award Information .................................................................................... II – 3 – 18
Disbursement Information......................................................................... II – 3 – 29
Response.................................................................................................... II – 3 – 34
Common Record Physical Layout ......................................................................... II – 3 – 44
Introduction ............................................................................................... II – 3 – 44
Line Length Limitations............................................................................ II – 3 – 44
Line Length Solution................................................................................. II – 3 – 45
Coding Guidelines ................................................................................................. II – 3 – 46

Section 4 – Full Participant Edits .................................................................................. II – 4 – 1

Full Participant Edits................................................................................................ II – 4 – 1

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