1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A well-trained workforce is essential to meeting the Nation’s growing cybersecurity needs. (2) A 2015 report by the National Academy of Public Administration found that the United States faces a severe shortage of properly trained and equipped cybersecurity professionals. (3) A 2015 study of the information security workforce found that the information security workforce shortfall is widening. (4) The National Science Foundation’s Cy­ber­Corps: Scholarship-for-Service program is a successful effort to support capacity building in institutions of higher education and scholarships for students to pursue cybersecurity careers. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) given the current need for cybersecurity professionals in the public and private sectors, Congress and the Federal Government should support existing programs to boost their success; (2) the Federal Government should also build upon and develop existing programs to meet emerging challenges, such as the need to protect critical infrastructure and the greater need for cybersecurity professionals of various skill levels; (3) there is a need for greater engagement with students at the kindergarten through grade 12 level to recruit young people to pursue career paths in cybersecurity; (4) many community colleges offer degrees or industry-recognized credentials in cybersecurity and related fields that prepare students to fill high-demand cybersecurity jobs, and the Federal Government should support programs at 2-year institutions of higher education that help students develop skills necessary to support the Nation’s cybersecurity missions