Schools get help to fight cyber attacks with a federal website
S. 5098 — Enhancing K–12 Cybersecurity Act · Filed by Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells a federal agency called CISA to build a public website. Schools can use it to share attack information and report attacks. Schools can also find federal money and tools. The website will list products that work well.
Who it affects
K-12 schools can use the website to protect student data and systems. Schools that do not have much money can find help more easily.
One thing to notice
Schools can choose to report attacks or not. Schools with weak defenses may not report, so the government may not know where the biggest problems are.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- CISA — the federal agency that helps protect the country's computer systems
- defenses — ways to protect computers and data from attacks and theft
- federal — run by the national government, not by states or cities
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (7,843 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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