Pupil instruction: computer science: content standards and instructional materials.

Education Technology

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Irwin
Last action: 2026-06-03
Official status: Referred to Com. on ED.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not mandate the inclusion of cybersecurity skills but requires consideration of them.

Computer Science Education with Cybersecurity Skills

The bill requires schools to consider including cybersecurity skills in computer science education standards and materials when they are next updated after January 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider incorporating cybersecurity skills into computer science content standards when they are next revised after January 1, 2027.
Requires the commission to consider including cybersecurity skills in its criteria for evaluating instructional materials related to computer science when those materials are next adopted by the state board after January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

Students who learn computer science in California schools
Schools and teachers responsible for teaching computer science

Terms To Know

Instructional Quality Commission: A group that advises the State Board of Education on educational standards and materials.
Cybersecurity skills: Skills related to protecting computer systems from attacks or unauthorized access.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how schools will be funded for these changes.
It is unclear what specific cybersecurity skills will be included in the standards and materials.

Bill History

2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.)
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2026-05-13 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2298, as amended, Irwin.
Cybersecurity.
Pupil instruction: computer science: content standards and instructional materials.
Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, advise and recommend to the State Board of Education the policies and activities that are needed to implement the state’s academic content standards and develop criteria for evaluating instructional materials, as specified.
This bill would require the commission, when the computer science content standards are next revised after January 1, 2027, to consider incorporating cybersecurity skills, as defined, into those standards. The bill would also require the commission, when the computer science instructional materials are next adopted by the state board after January 1, 2027, to consider including cybersecurity skills in its criteria for evaluating
instructional materials.
Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integration Center for the purpose of reducing the likelihood and severity of cyber incidents that could damage California’s economy, its critical infrastructure, or public and private sector computer networks in the state.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to cybersecurity.

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