[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4974]
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  SA 2197. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself 
and Mrs. Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10202. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than June 1, 2016, the Secretary 
     of Education shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
     and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
     Representatives, a report describing whether secondary and 
     postsecondary education curricula are meeting the need of 
     public and private sectors for cyberdefense. Such report 
     shall include--
       (1) an assessment of learning outcomes required for future 
     cybersecurity professionals;
       (2) an assessment of the shortfalls in current secondary 
     and postsecondary education needed to develop cybersecurity 
     professionals, and recommendations to address such 
     shortfalls;
       (3) an assessment of successful secondary and postsecondary 
     programs that produce competent cybersecurity professionals;
       (4) recommendations of subjects to be covered by elementary 
     schools and secondary schools to better prepare students for 
     postsecondary cybersecurity education; and
       (5) an assessment of which additional resources the 
     Secretary, State educational agencies, and local educational 
     agencies may need to meet the recommendations described in 
     paragraph (4).
       (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``elementary 
     school'', ``local educational agency'', ``secondary school'', 
     and ``State educational agency'' have the meanings given such 
     terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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