Plain English Breakdown
The official summary states 'cybersecurity skills' are defined within the bill, but the provided excerpt does not show the actual definition or specific examples of those skills.
Considering Cybersecurity Skills in Computer Science Standards
This law requires education officials to consider adding defined cybersecurity skills when they update computer science rules and check textbooks after January 1, 2027.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider including cybersecurity skills in computer science content standards during their next revision after January 1, 2027.
- Requires the commission to consider including cybersecurity skills in its rules for checking instructional materials when those materials are adopted by the State Board of Education after January 1, 2027.
- States that the Legislature intends to pass laws related to cybersecurity.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Instructional Quality Commission
- The California State Board of Education
Terms To Know
- Instructional Quality Commission
- A group that advises the state on school rules and checks teaching materials.
- Content standards
- The official list of what students should learn in a subject like computer science.
Limits and Unknowns
- This bill only requires officials to consider adding cybersecurity skills; it does not force them to include the skills.
- These changes will only happen when standards or materials are updated after January 1, 2027.
- The text mentions that 'cybersecurity skills' are defined in the law but does not list exactly which specific skills must be considered.