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The Utah Cyber Center, the state agency responsible for protecting government computer systems from cyberattacks, would see its role and resources expanded under this bill. It would formally extend the Cyber Center's cybersecurity services to local school districts, allowing them to request help responding to data breaches and receive cybersecurity tools, training, and assessments, and it would add the Department of Environmental Quality as a collaborating partner while also adding a representative from the Utah Education and Telehealth Network to the state's Cybersecurity Commission. The bill would push back the deadline for completing a statewide cybersecurity plan to January 2027 and create a dedicated funding account, the Utah Cyber Center Restricted Account, so that money appropriated for cybersecurity work carries over year to year rather than expiring. It would also repeal an existing state law that required state agencies to implement "zero trust" cybersecurity architecture and report on their progress in doing so.