Direct Loan

You can use the Direct Loan tab on the COD page to provide the information required by Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) and Anthology Student when processing Direct Loans. You must indicate whether your institution is participating in the Direct Loan Program via Anthology Student.

Prerequisites

You must have Financial Aid - Settings - Manage authorization.

Your institution must have configured entity ID numbers for Direct loans.

You should be familiar with the Background for Direct Loans.

Access Method

Select the Settings tile > expand Financial Aid > select COD.

Procedure to Configure Direct Loans

  1. Select the Direct Loan tab.

  2. Review, specify, or change the following values.

    Direct Loan IDClosed Select the value to which the settings on this option apply. If your institution is a multi-campus institution, you may have more than one Direct Loan ID. If you have more than one Direct Loan ID, be sure to complete this form for each ID.

    Process Direct Loan using Anthology Student for Award YearsClosed Select the check box to process a Direct Loan for the listed award years. Clear the check box to disable Direct Loan transmissions for an award year. If the servicer link is enabled by selecting a servicer, Pell and Direct Loan must be disabled for the Direct Loan ID and Reporting Pell ID in the Campus Financial Aid Settings.

  3. Review, specify, or change the following values.

    Actual Disbursement DateClosed Specify the actual date of disbursement.

    Authorized FAA officialClosed Specify the name of the Financial Aid Administrator for Direct Loans. This name will be included in loan manifests sent to the Department of Education.

    Auto create Disbursement Date Adjustments after payments have posted to ledger cardClosed Select the check box if you want the system to compare Direct Loan scheduled payment dates and the actual paid dates. For additional information, see Background for Direct Loans.

    Auto create Loan Period Origination Changes when student Withdraws or Refund is postedClosed Select the check box to automatically create Origination changes for the Loan Period End Date. This setting applies to Direct Loans that have an Origination status of Accepted or Batched to Send. For additional information, see Background for Direct Loans.

    Auto create Origination Changes/Adjustments for cancelled disbursements/refundsClosed Select the check box to automatically create origination changes for canceled disbursements and loan amounts when a student is moved to a Permanent Out category.

    Automatically update Origination Status to Ready to SendClosed Select the check box to automatically promote the origination status from Not Ready to Ready to Send when a valid ISIR is on file for the student and the Direct Loan is in an Approved status. For additional information, see Background for Direct Loans.

    Cancel loan when loan dates are invalidClosed Select the check box to allow the Student Pace Evaluation (SPE) feature to cancel a Direct Loan or any remaining scheduled disbursements of the Direct Loan when the SPE update causes the loan’s BBAY start date to be later than the Award Year’s end date or when the SPE update causes the BBAY end date to be earlier than the Award Year’s start date.

    Do you perform drawdown requestsClosed Select the check box if your institution uses drawdown requests for Direct Loans.

    Create origination changes when loan dates are updatedClosed Select this check box to have the system automatically create Origination Changes when Academic Year and Loan Period dates are updated due to Academic related activities. After you select this option, choose 'Always create' or 'Create when award is fully paid'.

    Enable Multi-Year MPNClosed Select the check box to enable the multi-year master promissory note (MPN) feature.

    Include Ready to Pay Disbursement (Option 1 schools only)Closed Select the check box if this option is applicable to your institution.

    Include Schedule Disbursement (Option 1 schools only)Closed Select the check box to include scheduled disbursements in the disbursement export file. If you select to export scheduled disbursements, the system selects disbursements that are scheduled up to seven (7) days before the disbursement or thirty (30) days after the date of the export.

    Minimum number of disbursements per loanClosed Specify the minimum number of disbursements per loan.

    MPN print optionClosed Select a Master Promissory Note (MPN) print option. The options are: Print prom notes at school site; COD Prints and Sends to Borrower; COD Prints and Sends to School; COD Reprints and Sends to Borrower; COD Reprints and Sends to School.

    Number of MPN to printClosed Specify the number of the Master Promissory Note (MPN) to print.

    Print disclosure statements at CODClosed Select the check box if you want your disclosure statements to be printed at COD.

    Re-Originate PELL when anticipated disbursement dates are updatedClosed Select the check box if you want to re-originate Pell when anticipated disbursement dates are updated (if the disbursement has not been released to COD). For non-term institutions (Academic Calendars 5 and 6), the system automatically sets the Origination Status of an originated Pell award from Accepted or Batched to Send to Ready to Send when the anticipated disbursement date is updated by the Student Pace Evaluation (SPE) tool.

  1. Select Save to save the changes.