K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019
Latest action · Dec 12, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019
This bill requires the Office of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (OCIS) to study the cybersecurity risks facing K-12 educational institutions and develop recommendations that include cybersecurity guidelines designed to assist such institutions in facing those risks. The use of such recommendations shall be voluntary.
The study shall include the challenges that such institutions face in securing (1) information systems owned, leased, or relied upon by those institutions; and (2) sensitive student and employee records.
OCIS shall (1) develop an online training toolkit designed for officials at K-12 educational institutions to educate the officials about, and provide strategies to implement, the recommendations; and (2) make available on the Department of Homeland Security website the study's findings, the guidelines developed, and the toolkit.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 12, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Dec 12, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
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