Title: Cybersecurity Curriculum Enhancement Act
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Cybersecurity Curriculum Enhancement Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to states, local educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations for cybersecurity education curriculum for secondary schools.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4962 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4962

To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants for cybersecurity 
       curriculum for secondary schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2019

   Mr. Katko (for himself and Miss Rice of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants for cybersecurity 
       curriculum for secondary schools, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Curriculum Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION GRANTS.

    (a) Curriculum Requirements.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Education, in 
consultation with Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop 
requirements that a cybersecurity education curriculum shall meet for 
purposes of a grant under this section.
    (b) Grants Authorized.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, shall award grants, on a 
competitive basis, to award States, local educational agencies, and 
nonprofit organizations for cybersecurity education curriculum for 
secondary schools.
    (c) Grant Amount.--A grant awarded under this section shall not 
exceed $500,000 for any fiscal year.
    (d) Applications.--To receive a grant under this section, an 
eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require, which shall include how the eligible entity's proposed 
cybersecurity education curriculum will be aligned to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-181, 
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.
    (e) Reporting Requirements.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary a report, on an 
annual basis, that includes--
            (1) a description of how the grant was used;
            (2) the number of students who enrolled and completed a 
        secondary school program in which the curriculum was used; and
            (3) the number of teachers using the cybersecurity 
        education curriculum.
    (f) Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and for each of 
the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    (g) Cybersecurity Education.--In this section:
            (1) Cybersecurity education.--The term ``cybersecurity 
        education'' means education on ensuring the confidentiality, 
        integrity, availability, and safety of information systems used 
        in critical infrastructure sectors, including control systems 
        and operational technology.
            (2) ESEA terms.--The terms ``local educational agency'', 
        ``secondary school'', and ``Secretary'' have the meanings given 
        the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 several 
        States.
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