Managing Ability to Benefit
This section provides an overview of Ability to Benefit and discusses how to:
Update Student Eligibility Code descriptions.
Create and manage Ability to Benefit data at the student level.
Create Ability to Benefit data for students in batch
An Ability-to-Benefit test is required of students seeking United States federal financial aid who did not graduate from high school in the United States. To this end, these students must demonstrate they possess sufficient "ability to benefit" (ATB) from post-secondary education via their performance in an approved test.
For these students, data regarding their ATB status must be reported as part of the Common Origination and Disbursement process. Oracle provides a way to create and maintain ATB data for these students.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
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Student Eligibility Codes |
SFA_ATB_CODE_XREF |
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Use this page to edit descriptions of Student Eligibility Codes in the setup table. |
Manage Ability to Benefit |
SFA_ATB_STDNT |
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Use this page to create and maintain Ability to Benefit data for a student. |
Create Ability to Benefit |
SFA_RUN_ATB |
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Use this page to create and maintain Ability to Benefit data in batch. |
Access the Student Eligibility Codes page (
).Keyed by Institution, use this page to update descriptions in the CS-delivered Student Eligibility Codes setup table. Descriptions are limited to 55 alphanumeric characters.
These descriptions apply to COD Pell and COD Direct Loan origination awards and can be obtained through the 2015-2016 COD Technical Reference, Volume II, Section 1, Implementation Guide - Student Eligibility Fields (formerly Ability to Benefit).
The following table lists recommended Student Eligibility Code descriptions.
Student Eligibility Code |
Description |
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01: Complete before 7/1/2012 |
Test Completed - First enrolled before 7/1/2012 |
02: College before 7/1/2012 |
College Credits - First enrolled before 7/1/2012 |
03: State Process |
State Process |
04: Home Schooled |
Home Schooled |
05: Other |
Effective 10/9/2015: Invalid for all award years |
06: High School Diploma |
High School Diploma |
07: General Ed Development |
GED or State Authorized HS Equivalent Certificate |
08: State-Authorized exam/cert |
Effective 10/9/2015: Invalid for all award years |
09: Acad Trans min 2 YR Prog |
2-Year program Transcript Accepted for Credits to BA |
10: Excelled in High School |
Program leads to Assoc degree, excel in HS and met reqt |
11: Complete 7/1/12 - 06/30/15 |
Retired Effective 23-24 Award Year |
12: Complete after 7/1/12 |
Test Completed - First enrolled 7/1/2012 or After |
13: College 7/1/12 - 6/30/15 |
Retired Effective 23-24 Award Year |
14: College after 06/30/2015 |
College Credits - First enrolled 7/1/2015 or After |
15: CPT Program |
Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CPT) |
Access the Manage Ability to Benefit page (
).Use this page to create ATB data for applicable students. This data is reported on all COD Pell origination awards to COD. Data is also reported for all COD Direct Loan origination award. Any ATB changes, based on a new sequence number, are also reported to COD with a change record.
Field or Control |
Description |
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Sequence |
Displays the sequence number of the record. This number increases by one every time a new row is inserted. A new row should only be inserted if a change to the Ability to Benefit Code is necessary. |
Aid Year |
Select the Aid Year. For COD reporting purposes:
Note: Specifying an Aid Year allows you to designate different Student Eligibility Codes by Aid Year. For example, you may wish to take advantage of a new (expanded) code in a new Aid Year when it was not available in an earlier Aid Year. |
Stdnt Eligibility Code (student eligibility code) |
Select the value that indicates how the student achieved the ATB. Select from the ATB codes established in the Student Eligibility Codes crosswalk table setup. When a code is selected, its description appears. Note: TheAbility to Benefit Code drives the remaining field edits to ensure the correct 'set' of data is populated for COD reporting requirements. All other changes should be made directly to field element. |
Test Administrator Code |
Select the administrator code of the ATB testing. |
Test Code |
Select which ATB test was taken by the student. |
State Code |
Select the state in which the student completed the State Process to achieve ATB. |
Completion Date |
Enter the date that the student completed the ATB test or State Process. |
Comment |
Enter optional explanatory comments. This information is not shared with COD. |
Access the Create Ability to Benefit page (
).Population Selection
Use this page to create Ability to Benefit data for students in batch using standard Population Selection functionality.
Field or Control |
Description |
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Selection Tool |
Select from Equation Engine, PS Query, or External File. Additional parameters are displayed for your selected tool. System data is available in Population Selection Context Definition SFA_ATB. |
Query Name |
This field is only available the PS Query Selection Tool is selected. Select a population selection query that joins with the bind record SFA_ATB_BIND. |
Default Values
If any of the following fields come in from Population Selection with blanks then use the value from the run control to populate the Ability to Benefit record.
Field or Control |
Description |
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Institution |
Enter the academic institution that the student is attending during the aid year. |
Aid Year |
Select the Aid Year. For COD reporting purposes:
Note: Specifying an Aid Year allows you to designate different Student Eligibility Codes by Aid Year. For example, you may wish to take advantage of a new (expanded) code in a new Aid Year when it was not available in an earlier Aid Year. If the Aid Year value is specified on this Run Control, it populates the ATB record for all Population Selection cohorts whose Aid Year value is blank. |
Stdnt Eligibility Code (student eligibility code) |
Select from the ATB codes established in the Student Eligibility Codes crosswalk table setup. When a code is selected, its description appears. Entering a default value is optional, however if blank, then the data retrieved from Population Selection must indicate an ATB Code value. |
Test Administrator Code |
Optional. Enter the ATB Test Administrator Code. |
Test Code |
Optional. Enter ATB Test Code |
State Code |
Optional. Enter the State Code if ATB Code is equal to '03:State Process'. |
Completion Date |
Enter the Completion Date of the ATB test. |
Note: Ability to Benefit—related field values are based on the most current COD Technical Reference material.