Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations
Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: CybersecurityStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 years; requiring the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology to annually review and, if necessary, update the State minimum cybersecurity standards; requiring the Department to advise local school systems on certain functions; etc.
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Testimony (19)
MGA witness listFAV 15FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsINFO 2Information only
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
INFOFannon, Mary PatPublic School Superintendents Association of MarylandRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland