{"id":223290,"date":"2026-03-13T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:45:09","slug":"thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Thompson sponsors Cybersecurity Skills Integration Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riponadvance.com\/stories\/thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act\/\">Thompson sponsors Cybersecurity Skills Integration Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riponadvance.com\/stories\/thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act\/\">https:\/\/riponadvance.com\/stories\/thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-13 15:34:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"riponadvance.com\">riponadvance.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Glenn \u201cGT\u201d Thompson (R-PA) would create a pilot program to award competitive grants to career and technical education (CTE) programs that incorporate cybersecurity into their curriculum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am proud to lead this legislation in an effort to ensure our nation\u2019s data is protected at all costs,\u201d Rep. Thompson said on March 11. \u201cIt\u2019s important that students have access to the necessary education and training to respond to breaches and keep our data systems secure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The congressman sponsored the bipartisan Cybersecurity Skills Integration Act, H.R. 7885, alongside lead original cosponsor U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), co-chairs of the Congressional CTE Caucus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of the bill, according to its text, is to improve the cybersecurity competencies of the critical infrastructure workforce, particularly operators of critical infrastructure technology, by developing post-secondary CTE programs that integrate cybersecurity education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If enacted, H.R. 7885 also would require the U.S. Department of Education to coordinate with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology when awarding grants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCybersecurity professionals are an integral part of America\u2019s safety and economic prosperity,\u201d said Rep. Bonamici. \u201cThis bipartisan legislation will help secure a strong future for our country\u2019s critical infrastructure by providing students with increased access to cybersecurity education programs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Consortium for School Networking, ACTE, and Advance CTE support H.R. 7885, which has been referred for consideration to the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"assistive-text\">Post navigation<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"nav-previous\"><span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2190<\/span> Previous Article<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"nav-next\">Next Article <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riponadvance.com\/stories\/thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thompson sponsors Cybersecurity Skills Integration Act https:\/\/riponadvance.com\/stories\/thompson-sponsors-cybersecurity-skills-integration-act\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-13 15:34:00 Source Domain: riponadvance.com New&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/riponadvance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/shutterstock_2637386767-300x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-223290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223292,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223290\/revisions\/223292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}