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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 953
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CYBER TECHNOLOGY COMPETITI ON
FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) The Military 1
Department shall establish, within available appropriations, a cyber 2
technology competition for students who are attending a secondary 3
school program of education in this state. Such cyber technology 4
competition shall be held for the purpose of encouraging such students 5
to collaborate with government agencies and private industry to 6
strengthen and secure information systems. Such cyber technology 7
competition shall be held each year at the State Armory in Hartford. 8
The Military Department shall promote such cyber technology 9
competition with outreach to school districts in this state. 10
(b) The Military Department shall establish rules and guidelines for 11
the implementation of the cyber technology competition described in 12
subsection (a) of this act. Such rules and guidelines shall be posted 13
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a cyber technology competition for certain students.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]