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K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021

Introduced: July 26, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 2021
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 87.
Sep 14, 2021
Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-122.
Jul 28, 2021
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 28, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 28, 2021
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Discharged.
Jul 27, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Jul 26, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jul 26, 2021
Introduced in House
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K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021

This bill requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to study the cybersecurity risks facing elementary and secondary schools and develop recommendations that include cybersecurity guidelines designed to assist schools in facing those risks. The use of such recommendations shall be voluntary.

The study must evaluate the challenges that schools face in securing (1) information systems owned, leased, or relied upon by those schools; and (2) sensitive student and employee records.

Further, the bill requires CISA to (1) develop an online training toolkit designed for school officials; and (2) make available on the Department of Homeland Security website the study's findings, the cybersecurity guidelines, and the toolkit.

What's happening now September 14, 2021

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 87.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1917 Identical bill K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Clyde, Andrew S.
Georgia · Jul 26, 2021
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Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · Jul 26, 2021
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 26, 2021
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Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Jul 26, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4691: K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4691/
MLA
"H.R. 4691: K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4691/.
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H.R. 4691, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4691/.
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[H.R. 4691: K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4691/)
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