87R8096 MLH-D     By: Paxton S.B. No. 1696       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to establishing a system for the sharing of information   regarding cyber attacks or other cybersecurity incidents occurring   in schools in this state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11.175, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsections (g), (h), and (i) to   read as follows:          (e)  The district's cybersecurity coordinator shall report   to the agency or, if applicable, the entity that administers the   system established under Subsection (g) any cyber attack or other   cybersecurity incident against the district cyberinfrastructure   that constitutes a breach of system security as soon as practicable   after the discovery of the attack or incident.          (g)  The agency, in coordination with the Department of   Information Resources, shall establish and maintain a system to   coordinate the anonymous sharing of information concerning cyber   attacks or other cybersecurity incidents between public and private   schools and the state. The system must:                (1)  include each report made under Subsection (e);                (2)  provide for reports made under Subsection (e) to   be shared between schools in as close to real time as possible; and                (3)  preserve a reporting school's anonymity by   preventing the disclosure through the system of the name of the   school at which an attack or incident occurred.          (h)  In establishing the system under Subsection (g), the   agency may:                (1)  contract with a qualified third party to   administer the system; and                (2)  allow open-enrollment charter schools and private   schools in this state to report and receive information through the   system.          (i)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.