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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7530 
To direct the Attorney General to make grants to assist local educational 
agencies in developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity 
threats or vulnerabilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2020 
Mr. HARDER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to make grants to assist 
local educational agencies in developing and imple-
menting plans to address cybersecurity threats or 
vulnerabilities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Students 
from Cybercrimes Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Educational institutions across the country 
are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber at-
tacks with the switch to online instruction during 
the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(2) Cyber attacks put sensitive and confidential 
information at risk of disclosure. 
(3) Increased cyber attacks place sensitive stu-
dent information, such as student academic achieve-
ment records, grades, medical records, and other 
personal identifiable information at risk. 
(4) School districts are not sufficiently equipped 
to prevent damaging cyber attacks. Increased fund-
ing and guidance from the Federal Government are 
needed to adequately prepare for and defend against 
potential cyber attacks. 
(5) Increased Federal funding and guidance will 
give school districts the ability to reduce their risk 
and exposure to cyber attacks. 
(6) Increased Federal funding to school dis-
tricts will enable school district residents to pursue 
formal education, training, and industry recognized 
certifications for careers in cybersecurity, which will 
aid in the prevention and mitigation of the effects of 
future attacks. 
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(7) Increased Federal funding and guidance will 
allow school districts, campuses, and institutions of 
higher education to share information and analysis 
to prevent future cyber attacks. 
SEC. 3. SCHOOL CYBERCRIME PROTECTION GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion (referred to in this section as the ‘‘FBI Director’’), 
is authorized to make grants to any local educational 
agency (as such term is defined in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801)) or group of local educational agencies to 
assist in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and 
responding to cybercrimes. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Any grant awarded under 
this section shall supplement and not supplant local 
educational agency or local funds, as applicable, and 
may not be used— 
(A) to provide any Federal cost-sharing 
contribution on behalf of a local educational 
agency; or 
(B) for any recreational or social purpose. 
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(2) APPROVED
ACTIVITIES
FOR
GRANTS.—A 
local educational agency that receives funds through 
this grant program shall use such funds for one or 
more of the following activities: 
(A) Supporting or enhancing information 
sharing and analysis organizations. 
(B) Implementing or coordinating systems 
and services that use cyber threat indicators (as 
such term is defined in section 102 of the Cy-
bersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (6 
U.S.C. 1501)) to address cybersecurity threats 
or vulnerabilities. 
(C) Preventing, preparing for, protecting 
against, and responding to cybercrimes, includ-
ing coordinating with— 
(i) emergency management elements 
of the State in which the local educational 
agency is located, municipality, and local 
educational agency; 
(ii) Federal Bureau of Investigation 
or Department of Homeland Security 
units, as appropriate; 
(iii) entities associated with critical in-
frastructure or key resources; 
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(iv) information sharing and analysis 
organizations; 
(v) public safety answering points; or 
(vi) nongovernmental organizations 
engaged in cybersecurity research as an in-
formation analysis and sharing organiza-
tion designated by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or the Department of Home-
land Security. 
(D) Establishing programs, such as schol-
arships or apprenticeships, to provide financial 
assistance to students served by the local edu-
cational agency who— 
(i) pursue formal education, training, 
and industry-recognized certifications for 
careers in cybersecurity as identified by the 
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Edu-
cation; and 
(ii) commit to working for a local edu-
cational agency for not less than 2 years. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
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