Release Notes: Item 2004-01

XML Schema 4.0d

This release upgrades FINANCIER to incorporate XML Schema 4.0d for 2020-21 COD reporting. In support of Informed Borrowing requirements, the following fields will now be returned in the DL Award Response block during the Direct Lending Import process. They will be stored in Financier but will not be displayed anywhere for 2020-21. The disbursment requirements for these tags,the display of them, and the System Generated Response for Informed Borrower will be implemented for 2021-22:

This release also updates the Direct Lending Export process and the Grant Export Process to now export the Program CIP Code Year whenever the Program CIP Code is required. The value for 2020-21 and forward will be 2020. The Cip Code Year will be exported with Direct Lending, Pell, Teach as part of their disbursement blocks:

Implementation Notes