CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1566Introduced by Assembly Member ChauFebruary 22, 2019 An act relating to cybersecurity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1566, as introduced, Chau. Cybersecurity curriculum: pilot project.Existing law, until July 31, 2020, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a computer science strategic implementation advisory panel with a specified membership to develop and submit recommendations for a computer science strategic implementation plan to the Superintendent, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that establishes a cybersecurity curriculum pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the cybersecurity curriculum pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The security of public and private networks is of high importance for the continued stability and prosperity of the states economy.(2) There is a need to increase the variety and number of educational opportunities related to cybersecurity to ensure current and future workforce availability in cybersecurity roles.(3) It, therefore, is appropriate to enact legislation that establishes a pilot project to examine and ensure the state is properly positioned to train the current and next generations cyber workforce and to leverage existing technology to reach that goal.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does all of the following:(1) Establishes a cybersecurity pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, inclusive, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort that includes all of the following:(A) Adapting cyber range cloud technology adopted in the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve typical California educational scenarios in a statewide format.(B) Testing and validating the curriculum associated with the cyber range program to ensure it meets the states cybersecurity curricular requirements.(C) Validating the economic viability of the cyber range program and capturing long-term acquisition and operational expenses associated with operations. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the cybersecuity curriclum pilot project will produce a scalable model for the California Cyber Range with representative curriculum and analysis for establishing curricular enhancements and required operating expenses necessary for a statewide rollout of the program.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1566Introduced by Assembly Member ChauFebruary 22, 2019 An act relating to cybersecurity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1566, as introduced, Chau. Cybersecurity curriculum: pilot project.Existing law, until July 31, 2020, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a computer science strategic implementation advisory panel with a specified membership to develop and submit recommendations for a computer science strategic implementation plan to the Superintendent, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that establishes a cybersecurity curriculum pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the cybersecurity curriculum pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1566
Introduced by Assembly Member ChauFebruary 22, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Chau
February 22, 2019
An act relating to cybersecurity.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1566, as introduced, Chau. Cybersecurity curriculum: pilot project.
Existing law, until July 31, 2020, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a computer science strategic implementation advisory panel with a specified membership to develop and submit recommendations for a computer science strategic implementation plan to the Superintendent, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that establishes a cybersecurity curriculum pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the cybersecurity curriculum pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort.
Existing law, until July 31, 2020, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a computer science strategic implementation advisory panel with a specified membership to develop and submit recommendations for a computer science strategic implementation plan to the Superintendent, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that establishes a cybersecurity curriculum pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the cybersecurity curriculum pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The security of public and private networks is of high importance for the continued stability and prosperity of the states economy.(2) There is a need to increase the variety and number of educational opportunities related to cybersecurity to ensure current and future workforce availability in cybersecurity roles.(3) It, therefore, is appropriate to enact legislation that establishes a pilot project to examine and ensure the state is properly positioned to train the current and next generations cyber workforce and to leverage existing technology to reach that goal.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does all of the following:(1) Establishes a cybersecurity pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, inclusive, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort that includes all of the following:(A) Adapting cyber range cloud technology adopted in the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve typical California educational scenarios in a statewide format.(B) Testing and validating the curriculum associated with the cyber range program to ensure it meets the states cybersecurity curricular requirements.(C) Validating the economic viability of the cyber range program and capturing long-term acquisition and operational expenses associated with operations. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the cybersecuity curriclum pilot project will produce a scalable model for the California Cyber Range with representative curriculum and analysis for establishing curricular enhancements and required operating expenses necessary for a statewide rollout of the program.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The security of public and private networks is of high importance for the continued stability and prosperity of the states economy.(2) There is a need to increase the variety and number of educational opportunities related to cybersecurity to ensure current and future workforce availability in cybersecurity roles.(3) It, therefore, is appropriate to enact legislation that establishes a pilot project to examine and ensure the state is properly positioned to train the current and next generations cyber workforce and to leverage existing technology to reach that goal.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does all of the following:(1) Establishes a cybersecurity pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, inclusive, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort that includes all of the following:(A) Adapting cyber range cloud technology adopted in the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve typical California educational scenarios in a statewide format.(B) Testing and validating the curriculum associated with the cyber range program to ensure it meets the states cybersecurity curricular requirements.(C) Validating the economic viability of the cyber range program and capturing long-term acquisition and operational expenses associated with operations. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the cybersecuity curriclum pilot project will produce a scalable model for the California Cyber Range with representative curriculum and analysis for establishing curricular enhancements and required operating expenses necessary for a statewide rollout of the program.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The security of public and private networks is of high importance for the continued stability and prosperity of the states economy.(2) There is a need to increase the variety and number of educational opportunities related to cybersecurity to ensure current and future workforce availability in cybersecurity roles.(3) It, therefore, is appropriate to enact legislation that establishes a pilot project to examine and ensure the state is properly positioned to train the current and next generations cyber workforce and to leverage existing technology to reach that goal.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does all of the following:(1) Establishes a cybersecurity pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, inclusive, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort that includes all of the following:(A) Adapting cyber range cloud technology adopted in the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve typical California educational scenarios in a statewide format.(B) Testing and validating the curriculum associated with the cyber range program to ensure it meets the states cybersecurity curricular requirements.(C) Validating the economic viability of the cyber range program and capturing long-term acquisition and operational expenses associated with operations. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the cybersecuity curriclum pilot project will produce a scalable model for the California Cyber Range with representative curriculum and analysis for establishing curricular enhancements and required operating expenses necessary for a statewide rollout of the program.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(1) The security of public and private networks is of high importance for the continued stability and prosperity of the states economy.
(2) There is a need to increase the variety and number of educational opportunities related to cybersecurity to ensure current and future workforce availability in cybersecurity roles.
(3) It, therefore, is appropriate to enact legislation that establishes a pilot project to examine and ensure the state is properly positioned to train the current and next generations cyber workforce and to leverage existing technology to reach that goal.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does all of the following:
(1) Establishes a cybersecurity pilot project involving a small number of schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, inclusive, community colleges, and universities to test the overall feasibility of the pilot project through a yearlong, multiphased effort that includes all of the following:
(A) Adapting cyber range cloud technology adopted in the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve typical California educational scenarios in a statewide format.
(B) Testing and validating the curriculum associated with the cyber range program to ensure it meets the states cybersecurity curricular requirements.
(C) Validating the economic viability of the cyber range program and capturing long-term acquisition and operational expenses associated with operations.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the cybersecuity curriclum pilot project will produce a scalable model for the California Cyber Range with representative curriculum and analysis for establishing curricular enhancements and required operating expenses necessary for a statewide rollout of the program.