House Amendment 47
H 5100 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Budget

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 343, after line 21, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/(CHE: SC University Cyber Leadership Council) Of the funds appropriated for Fiscal year 2024-2025, there is established the South Carolina University Cyber Leadership Council to position South Carolina as a national leader in cyber readiness through education, research, and community engagement. The Council shall:

 (1)  work with local agencies to assess the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in South Carolina to cyber threats and develop and implement a plan to identify gaps inn the State's ability to respond;

 (2)  develop and implement a plan to provide a skilled cyber workforce to the military and civilian arms of federal, state, and local governments and to industry through education and training programs in collaboration with partners in k-12, technical colleges, and four-year colleges and universities;

 (3)  in coordination with the commission on higher education and existing higher education cybersecurity programs, with The Citadel as convener, develop and implement a plan to include timelines and metrics to attract a pipeline of future cyber workforce;

 (4)  promote cybersecurity awareness and good cyber citizenship by organizing workshops, summer camps, cyber table-top exercises, cyber competitions, and conferences;

 (5)  develop and implement a plan to provide cyber threat hunting services to the state and local agencies and to local, small-and mid-size industries through a cybersecurity situation center; and

 (6)  submit a paper report to the Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee by June 30, 2025./

Amend totals and titles to conform.