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House adopts school cybersecurity standards; related security funding measure fails
Summary
The Utah House passed third-substitute HB42 to set baseline cybersecurity standards for schools after auditors found multiple breaches. A companion funding measure (HB43) that would create a distribution formula and potential future funding was amended but failed on the floor, 25–47.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on Feb. 17 approved a bill to set baseline cybersecurity standards for K–12 schools, responding to recent audits and multiple breaches that exposed student records.
Third substitute House Bill 42, sponsored by Representative Sam Wilcox, passed the chamber 70–2 after floor debate and the adoption of a negotiated substitute that sponsors said reflects agreement with school and technical partners. Wilcox told colleagues the measure responds to an audit and “at least four major breaches, including the PowerSchools breach,” and said the incidents left “hundreds of thousands of records that were compromised.”
The bill lays out basic minimum standards and clarifies which entities will deliver training and services. Wilcox said the…
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