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The bill expands affordable cyber/AI education, workforce training, and a federal recruitment pipeline—boosting career readiness and national security—while imposing service obligations, potential financial liabilities for students, equity barriers for some applicants, institutional scaling challenges, and added federal costs.
Students pursuing community college and 2‑year cyber/AI programs receive full tuition scholarships and coverage for related costs, substantially lowering financial barriers to training.
Students and graduates gain improved job readiness through hands‑on skills exercises, internships, and employer engagement that align training to real cyber roles.
K–12 schools, community colleges, and higher education institutions will get grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance to expand cyber/AI curricula and align programs with federal NICE competency frameworks.
Students who accept scholarships must commit to a two‑year government service obligation after completion, reducing their career mobility and imposing restrictions on future employment choices.
Scholarships become repayable if students fail academic or service requirements, creating a financial liability and risk for participants who leave programs or are dismissed.
Prioritizing internships that require security clearances and Federal placements may exclude or disadvantage noncitizens and applicants with disqualifying records, worsening equity of access to opportunities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a new CISA program to build a skills-based cyber workforce by developing and sharing cybersecurity and AI education, training, and workforce resources for K–12 schools, community colleges, 2‑year institutions, and higher education. CISA must coordinate with the Department of Education and National AI bodies, collect and publish curricular materials and competency frameworks, and may award grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance to support program delivery, with reporting deadlines to Congress.
Directs CISA to create and share cybersecurity and AI education/training resources and to support delivery via grants and partnerships.
Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for education and training programs and resources of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 5, 2025 by Mark E. Green · Last progress February 5, 2025