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Transparency & AccountabilityK-12 schools would get federal help against hackers — security tools, training, and yearly public reports on school hacks
Transparency & Accountability
Schools could choose to report hacks to a new list kept by CISA. Each year CISA would post what it finds online, in grouped totals with details that identify people removed.
Each year CISA would post online how the program is working. The report would cover the tools schools got, how many students were served, and attacks found or stopped.
More about this bill
Your child's school could get federal help to guard against hackers and ransomware. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA, the federal cyber-defense agency) would start a program for K-12 schools. It would help schools plan their defenses and set up security tools. It would also offer protection services and staff training. CISA would run it with outside groups that share cyber threat information. Public, charter, and nonprofit private schools count, along with school districts and state education offices. CISA would also build a public website with safety tips, training, and lessons learned. It would list security tools the federal government pays for. It would also have a searchable list of grants schools can apply for. Schools could choose to report hacks to a new list kept by CISA. Each year, CISA would post a report on school hacks. That report would leave out details that identify people. CISA would also post a yearly report on how the program is doing. Congress could spend up to $10 million a year on all this in fiscal years 2027 and 2028.
Congressional Summary
Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act This bill establishes resources and a program to address cybersecurity of elementary and secondary schools. First, the bill directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to establish an information exchange to disseminate information, best practices, training, and resources to improve cybersecurity in elementary and secondary schools. In addition, CISA must establish a registry to track cyber incidents affecting information technology systems that are owned or managed by schools and educational agencies. Schools and educational agencies may voluntarily submit information to the registry. Finally, the bill requires CISA to establish a program to address cybersecurity threats to school information systems.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-07-23
- Date Added
- 2026-10-22
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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