S.Amdt. 2197

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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