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District to roll out cybersecurity training and E-Rate upgrades; superintendent reviews CA20 funding formula

Hardy County Board of Education · March 2, 2026
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Summary

District technology staff described a three-part federal cybersecurity grant and E-Rate expansion to improve backups, firewalls and staff/student training; superintendent gave a detailed explanation of the state CA20 school funding formula and its implications for a sparse county.

District technology leadership told the board the district won a federal cybersecurity grant that will deploy a three-pronged approach: Barracuda cloud backups, Fortinet firewalls and a FortiPhish training tool that will enroll staff and students in brief remediation training after simulated phishing incidents. The technology director said the program covers all students and staff and will send fake emails to identify at-risk accounts and then require about one-hour training…

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