Federal help for schools to stop computer attacks and protect student data.
H.R. 9918 — Enhancing K–12 Cybersecurity Act · Filed by Doris Matsui (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells CISA to build a free website and list. Schools can use it to find computer safety tools and money. Schools can also report attacks to a list if they want to. The bill sets up a program to send computer safety help to schools. It gives ten million dollars for this work in 2027 and 2028.
Who it affects
K–12 schools get free access to computer safety facts, tools, and federal money. Students and families benefit because their data gets better protection. Schools can choose whether to report attacks to the list.
One thing to notice
Schools do not have to use any specific tool or service. The federal list and tips may help some companies more than others.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce and House Committee on Homeland Security · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- computer safety — protecting computers and data from attacks and theft.
- CISA — the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a federal office that helps protect the country from computer attacks.
- list — a record that schools can choose to join to report when they get attacked.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (8,299 characters) on Jul 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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