Whereas recent cyberattacks and vulnerabilities present cybersecurity risks to individuals and organizations and increase the urgency to grow and sustain a knowledgeable and skilled cybersecurity workforce in both the public and private sectors; Whereas, according to CyberSeek.org, as of June 2023, in the United States, there are 1,129,659 individuals in the cybersecurity workforce and 663,494 open jobs in cybersecurity; Whereas a 2017 report entitled Supporting the Growth and Sustainment of the Nation’s Cybersecurity Workforce: Building the Foundation for a More Secure American Future , transmitted by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security, proposed a vision to prepare, grow, and sustain a cybersecurity workforce that safeguards and promotes America's national security and economic prosperity ; Whereas expanding cybersecurity education opportunities is important in order to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage and prepare the United States for ongoing and future national security threats; Whereas cybersecurity education can— (1) provide learning and career opportunities for students across the United States in elementary through postsecondary education; and (2) bolster the capacity of the domestic workforce to defend the United States and secure the economy of the United States; Whereas, in 2021, Congress authorized, as part of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 134 Stat. 3388), the Cybersecurity Education Training Assistance Program (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘CETAP’’), a Department of Homeland Security initiative to provide cybersecurity career awareness, curricular resources, and professional development to elementary and secondary schools; Whereas CYBER.ORG, a grantee of CETAP, has introduced cybersecurity concepts to more than 4,000,000 students and provided resources to more than 30,000 K–12 educators in all 50 States and 4 territories of the United States