Senate passes bipartisan bill to boost cybersecurity job training at HBCUs

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WFXG) - On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to boost cybersecurity job training programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The bipartisan bill, proposed by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-01), will create the Dr. David Satcher Cybersecurity Education Grant Program, named after the former U.S. Surgeon General and Morehouse School of Medicine Dean. The grant will expand cybersecurity training programs at HBCUs, tribal institutions, minority-serving institutions and other colleges and universities that serve a high proportion of Pell Grant recipients in Georgia and nationwide.