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Bill · 119th Congress · S 5098

Enhancing K–12 Cybersecurity Act

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Introduced 2026-07-23Topic: education

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-07-23SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.refer
2026-07-23Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-22. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.