Staffing cuts are already causing issues, but you should submit the FAFSA if you need help paying for college. Here's how to do it.

The FAFSA outage comes one day after the Department of Education announced it fired more than 1,300 people. According to the Associated Press, at least 300 of those laid off were from the Federal Student Aid department, and nearly two dozen were in the technology department.

A list of laid-off staff obtained and verified by AP shows more than 300 people cut from Federal Student Aid — two dozen of them from Federal Student Aid’s technology division. That included the entir