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This bill expands the role and resources of the Utah Cyber Center, the state agency responsible for protecting government computer systems from cyberattacks. It formally extends the Cyber Center's services to local school districts, allowing them to request help responding to data breaches and receive cybersecurity tools, training, and assessments. The bill also adds the Department of Environmental Quality as a collaborating partner, adds a representative from the Utah Education and Telehealth Network to the state's Cybersecurity Commission, pushes the deadline for completing a statewide cybersecurity plan to January 2027, and creates a dedicated funding account — the Utah Cyber Center Restricted Account — to ensure money appropriated for cybersecurity work carries over year to year rather than expiring.