3.0.0 3033 2022-10-28T01:45:58Z 2022-10-28T01:45:58Z Senate S 2019-12-12 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-12T19:33:17Z 2019-12-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-12-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2019-12-12 True Education Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Personnel records Student records Education 00 2019-12-12 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-17T19:12:16Z 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.

]]> K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019 Display Title K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a K-12 education cybersecurity initiative, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3033is/xml/BILLS-116s3033is.xml 2019-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.