Hundreds of users reported FAFSA outages to Downdetector starting midday Wednesday, saying they were having trouble completing the form, which is required for financial aid at colleges nationwide.

If the department does fully shut down, student loans are not going away. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that the agency will continue to deliver funding mandated by law, which includes federal student loans. Trump said they would most likely be overseen by a different federal agency.

The Trump administration appears to be moving forward with plans to shutter — or at a minimum, shrink — the Education Department. Fully closing down the 45-year-old department, an idea that President Donald Trump supported during his campaign,