The Department of Education took a key step to initiate a process that could result in major changes to federal student loan forgiveness and repayment programs.

The White House wants to end the federal education agency, but you should still fill out FAFSA now if you want financial aid for next year.

The closure of the entire department would require an act of Congress, but Trump and his newly appointed secretary of education, Connecticut resident Linda McMahon, can shutter or shift pieces of the department that are not protected in law. McMahon ran the SBA during Trump’s first term in office.