Limits when federal agencies can require a degree for certain cybersecurity jobs in the competitive service, allowing education requirements only where state or local law requires them or where the education directly reflects the skills the job needs.

• Allows agencies to set a minimum education requirement for covered positions only when state or local law requires that education to perform the job's duties.
• Allows agencies to count education toward other minimum qualifications only when the education directly reflects the competencies needed for the job.
• Requires the Office of Personnel Management to publish changes to education standards and yearly aggregate data on the education level of new hires in covered positions, starting within one year of enactment.
• Covers GS-2210 information technology management positions and other competitive-service positions designated as cybersecurity under the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.

• Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)

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