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119-hr-7885119th CongressWALLET

Cybersecurity Skills Integration Act

Sponsored By: Representative Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]

Introduced

Summary

Integrate cybersecurity into postsecondary career and technical education to build workers for critical infrastructure. This bill would create a pilot grant program to fund partnerships that develop or integrate cybersecurity coursework into postsecondary CTE programs aligned to industry needs.

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  • Students and job seekers would gain CTE pathways tied to recognized postsecondary credentials and work-based learning to help with job readiness.
  • Postsecondary institutions would be eligible for competitive grants up to $500,000 per fiscal year to create or add cybersecurity content to their programs.
  • Employers and regions would shape curriculum through required partnerships that include a postsecondary institution and two or more local employers, with workforce needs identified after consultation with the Department of Labor, NIST, and the Department of Homeland Security.
  • The program would require use of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework, regular curriculum updates to reflect sector threats, and annual reporting on credential attainment and employment outcomes for special populations.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Cybersecurity career training grants for students

If enacted, the Education Secretary would set up a pilot grant program within one year. The bill would authorize $10,000,000 and would limit any single grant to $500,000 per fiscal year. Grants would be competitive and awarded to partnerships that include a postsecondary college and at least two local employers in a critical infrastructure sector. If your college program wins a grant, you would be able to get cybersecurity training tied to recognized postsecondary credentials, work-based learning, and help with employment. The Secretary would consult Labor, NIST, and Homeland Security, require regional diversity among awardees, and require annual reports on fund use, credential completions (disaggregated by ESEA subgroups and special populations), curriculum updates, and post-program unsubsidized employment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]

PA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/9/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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