Creating and Managing Ability to Benefit

Access the Manage Ability to Benefit page (Financial Aid, and then Ability to Benefit, and then Manage Ability to Benefit).

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

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:

  • If Aid Year is blank for the highest sequence number row, then the Student Eligibility Code for that row is used for all Aid Years.

  • If Aid Year is not blank for the highest sequence number row and:

    • the Aid Year for that row is less than or equal to the Aid Year for the process Run Control, then the Student Eligibility Code for that row is used for the process.

    • the Aid Year for that row is greater than the Aid Year for the process Run Control , then the process searches for the next highest sequence row, and repeats the above logic until a sequence row is selected to be used in processing.

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.