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 announcement (EDESUITE-26-01) New Service Release Available for EDExpress 2025–26, Release 2.0 to Correct Reporting of U.S. Territory Country Codes to COD System for guidance and tips on downloading and running the service release file on PC workstations running EDExpress 2025–26.
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