AB 2298
Pupil instruction: computer science: content standards and instructional materials.
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Bill overview
This bill directs the Instructional Quality Commission to consider incorporating cybersecurity skills into the state’s computer science content standards and instructional materials when those are next revised or adopted after January 1, 2027. It also establishes definitions for key terms like ‘artificial intelligence literacy,’ ‘cybersecurity skills,’ and ‘digital citizenship’ to be used in curriculum development. The bill’s intent is to address cybersecurity within the broader context of digital literacy education.
Key provisions
- Requires the Instructional Quality Commission to incorporate cybersecurity skills into computer science content standards after January 1, 2027.
- Requires the commission to consider cybersecurity skills when evaluating computer science instructional materials after January 1, 2027.
- Defines ‘cybersecurity skills’ as techniques to protect information and devices.
- Establishes definitions for ‘artificial intelligence literacy,’ ‘digital citizenship,’ and ‘media literacy’.
- Directs the commission to consider incorporating media literacy content into various curriculum frameworks and instructional materials.
- States the legislature’s intent to enact legislation relating to cybersecurity.
Who is affected
- California Public School Students
- Instructional Quality Commission
- State Board of Education
- School Districts
- Educators
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| Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2298
| Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin |
| February 19, 2026 |
An act relating to cybersecurity. An act to amend Section 33548 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2298, as amended, Irwin. Cybersecurity. Pupil instruction: computer science: content standards and instructional materials.
Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, advise and recommend to the State Board of Education the policies and activities that are needed to implement the state’s academic content standards and develop criteria for evaluating instructional materials, as specified.This bill would require the commission, when the computer science content standards are next revised after January 1, 2027, to consider incorporating cybersecurity skills, as defined, into those standards. The bill would also require the commission, when the computer science instructional materials are next adopted by the state board after January 1, 2027, to consider including cybersecurity skills in its criteria for evaluating instructional materials.
Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integration Center for the purpose of reducing the likelihood and severity of cyber incidents that could damage California’s economy, its critical infrastructure, or public and private sector computer networks in the state.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to cybersecurity.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 33548 of the Education Code is amended to read:
33548.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy” means the knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with how artificial intelligence works, including its principles, concepts, and applications, as well as and how to use artificial intelligence, including its limitations, implications, and ethical considerations.
(2) “Cybersecurity skills” means techniques to protect information and devices by preventing, detecting, and responding to attacks by threat actors.
(2)
(3) “Digital citizenship” means a diverse set of skills related to current technology and social media, including the norms of appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior.
(3)
(4) “Media literacy” means the ability to access, evaluate, analyze, and use media and information and encompasses the foundational skills that lead to digital citizenship.
(b) When the English language arts/English language development (ELA/ELD) curriculum framework is next revised after January 1, 2024, the commission shall consider incorporating the Model Library Standards developed pursuant to Section 18101. The commission shall also consider incorporating media literacy content at each grade level.
(c) (1) The commission shall consider incorporating media literacy content into the mathematics, science, and history-social science curriculum frameworks when those frameworks are next revised after January 1, 2024.
(2) When ELA/ELD instructional materials are next adopted by the state board after January 1, 2025, the commission shall consider including the Model Library Standards, developed pursuant to Section 18101, including media literacy content, in its criteria for evaluating instructional materials.
(3) When mathematics, science, and history-social science instructional materials are next adopted by the state board after January 1, 2025, the commission shall consider including media literacy content in its criteria for evaluating instructional materials.
(d) (1) The commission shall consider incorporating AI literacy content into the mathematics, science, and history-social science curriculum frameworks when those frameworks are next revised after January 1, 2025.
(2) When mathematics, science, and history-social science instructional materials are next adopted by the state board after January 1, 2025, the commission shall consider including AI literacy in its criteria for evaluating instructional materials.
(e) (1) When the computer science content standards are next revised after January 1, 2027, the commission shall consider incorporating cybersecurity skills content into those standards.(2) When computer science instructional materials are next adopted by the state board after January 1, 2027, the commission shall consider including cybersecurity skills in its criteria for evaluating instructional materials.
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to cybersecurity.