ministrators, participants, and sponsors with infor-
mation necessary to further broader public participa-
tion in these activities. 
‘‘(5) Developing a guest lecturer program or 
part-time lecturer program comprised of information 
assurance, cybersecurity and computer security ex-
perts in the Federal Government, academia and pri-
vate sector to support education of students at insti-
tutions of higher education who are pursuing de-
grees in computing science. 
‘‘(6) Managing a Computer and Information 
Security Youth Training Pathway Program for sec-
ondary school and postsecondary school students to 
work in part-time or summer positions along with 
Federal agency computer and information security 
professionals. 
‘‘(7) Developing programs that increase the ca-
pacity of institutions defined in section 371 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965— 
‘‘(A) Historically Black Colleges and Uni-
versities; 
‘‘(B) professional and academic areas in 
which African-Americans are under represented; 
‘‘(C) Hispanic-serving institutions; 
‘‘(D) Native American colleges; and 
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‘‘(E) rural colleges and universities. 
‘‘(8) Conduct research and make recommenda-
tions to the Secretary on what the agency can do to 
increase participation of professional and academic 
under represented areas at minority institutions. 
‘‘(9) Providing support to the institutions of 
higher education described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (7) to provide course work 
and education in computer and information security 
designed to raise the number and diversity of stu-
dents in the field. The Office may use the institu-
tions defined under section 371 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q) minority-serv-
ing institutions are defined as follows: 
‘‘(A) A part B institution (as defined in 
section 322 (20 U.S.C. 1061)). 
‘‘(B) A Hispanic-serving institution (as de-
fined in section 502 (20 U.S.C. 1101a)). 
‘‘(C) A Tribal College or University (as de-
fined in section 316 (20 U.S.C. 1059)). 
‘‘(D) An Alaska Native-serving institution 
or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as de-
fined in section 317(b) (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))). 
‘‘(E) A Predominantly Black Institution 
(as defined in subsection (c)). 
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‘‘(F) An Asian American and Native 
American Pacific Islander-serving institution 
(as defined in subsection (c)). 
‘‘(G) A Native American-serving nontribal 
institution (as defined in subsection (c)). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘information assurance, cyberse-
curity and computer security program’ has the 
meaning given by the Secretary in consultation with 
the computing and information Security Post Sec-
ondary Education Working Group under the bill. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘K–12’ may be defined by the 
Secretary in consultation with the K–12 Science and 
Technology Education Board of Advisors under sec-
tion 105 of the Cyber Security Education and Fed-
eral Workforce Enhancement Act. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may define higher education 
institutions under this title using definitions found 
in section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘professional and academic 
under represented areas’ means areas in which Afri-
can-Americans, Hispanics, and women are under 
represented has the meaning given such term by the 
Secretary, who may consult with the Commissioner 
for Education Statistics and the Commissioner of 
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the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The basis of the de-
termining the means should be based on most recent 
available satisfactory data, as computing and infor-
mation security professional and academic areas in 
which the percentage of African-Americans, His-
panics, and females who have been educated, 
trained, and employed is less than the percentage of 
African-Americans, Hispanics, and women in the 
general population.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 225 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 230A. Office of Cybersecurity Education and Awareness.’’. 
SEC. 102. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall consider existing authority to make grants to 
secondary schools under this section, which shall be known 
as ‘‘Science and Technology Educators Initiative Grants’’. 
(b) SELECTION OF SCHOOLS.—If the Secretary de-
termines that they have the authority they may select sec-
ondary schools to receive grants under this section, the 
Secretary may consider the following factors: 
(1) Whether more than 40 percent of the stu-
dents at the secondary school are eligible for free or 
reduced price school meal programs under the Rich-
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ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966. 
(2) The location of the secondary school is in 
a rural area. 
(3) The participation of representation of pro-
fessions and academic area among students which 
will also include home schooled, individuals residing 
in rural areas, and individuals attending underper-
forming secondary schools. 
(4) The location of the school in an area where 
the unemployment rate was not more than one per-
cent higher than the national average unemployment 
rate during the 24-month period preceding the de-
termination of eligibility under this subsection. 
(5) The location of the secondary school in an 
area where the per capita income is of 80 percent 
or less of the national per capita income. 
SEC. 103. PROJECT-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall direct the 
Office to conduct research to investigate and make rec-
ommendations regarding the feasibility and existing au-
thority to establish a national project-based science and 
technology learning program, to be known as the ‘‘K–12 
Science and Technology Learning Program’’ and make a 
report to both House and Senate Oversight Committees. 
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