Bill Text: IL HJR0108 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the Illinois State Board of Education, by the 2020-2021 school year, to establish a P-12 Cyber Threat Response Team within the State Board of Education to provide assistance to public schools, early childhood providers, and special education facilities across the State when faced with a cybersecurity threat.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJR0108 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0108-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, According to The K-12 Cybersecurity Resource
Center (Center), there were 122 cataloged publicly-disclosed
cybersecurity incidents affecting 199 public K-12 education
agencies across 38 states during calendar year 2018; and
WHEREAS, The Center reports that there is a new
publicly-reported incident every three days of the calendar
year; and
WHEREAS, Primarily, the cyber incidents reported in 2018
were data breaches, including the unauthorized disclosure of
data due to human error, by vendors in partnership with school
districts, by students to modify student records, and by
external actors, often for malicious purposes; and
WHEREAS, This increase in cyber threats directed at school
districts continued into 2019, including in Illinois where
school districts across the State have been hit by
cybersecurity breaches; and
WHEREAS, In August 2019, the personal information of 53,000
students and 3,100 educators in Naperville District 203 and
Indian Prairie District 204 was exposed following a data breach
in connection to student assessments; and

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WHEREAS, In September 2019, Rockford Public Schools were
without Internet or access to student records for several days
following a ransomware attack; and
WHEREAS, The Division of Elementary and Secondary
Education for the State of Arkansas recently created the P-12
Cyber Threat Response Team (Team), a small group of IT
professionals who provide onsite support at no cost to a school
district whenever an Arkansas school district is faced with a
cyber threat; and
WHEREAS, The Team works to ensure that school districts
know they are not alone when faced with a cyber threat and to
increase communication between schools and other interested
entities; and
WHEREAS, In the face of constant cybersecurity threats,
which are only going to increase in future years as the use of
technology and the Internet become ever more prevalent in
schools across the United States, it is imperative that
Illinois works to protect school personnel, students, and their
families from unauthorized data breaches and cybersecurity
threats; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

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HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Illinois State Board
of Education, by the 2020-2021 school year, to establish a P-12
Cyber Threat Response Team within the State Board of Education;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the P-12 Cyber Threat Response Team shall
provide assistance to public schools, early childhood
providers, and special education facilities across the State
when faced with a cybersecurity threat; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to the Darren Reisberg, Chair of the State Board of
Education, and Dr. Carmen Ayala, State Superintendent of
Education.