CyberCorps scholarship-for-service program

(a) Funding increase It is the sense of the Congress that the number of scholarships awarded by the National Science Foundation for scholarships awarded under the Federal cyber scholarship-for-service program established by section 302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 for fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year should be not less than double the number of such scholarships awarded for fiscal year 2024. (b) Cybersecurity course instruction Section 302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7442) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking and security managers and inserting security managers, and cybersecurity course instructors,; and (2) in subsection (d), by adding after paragraph (6) the following: Such work may include teaching a cybersecurity course for a skill role as defined in the NCWF Work Roles by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Special Publication 800–181, or any successor document.. (c) Elimination of priority for Federal Government employment placements Section 302(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7442(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by adding and at the end; (2) by striking paragraph (3); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).