HR212 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Anthony DanielsRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Challenger Middle School CyberPatriot, commended

Summary

The Alabama House of Representatives commends Challenger Middle School CyberPatriot Team for its success in the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition.

What This Bill Does

It officially recognizes and honors the Challenger Middle School CyberPatriot Team (Challenger Middle School Robot Unicorn Attack) for their achievement. It explains that CyberPatriot is a program to inspire students toward cybersecurity and STEM, and that the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition simulates real IT work. It notes the team’s national ranking and states that the achievement reflects credit on the school, their families, and the State of Alabama, with best wishes for their future.

Who It Affects

• The Challenger Middle School CyberPatriot Team (the students) who are publicly honored for their national competition success.
• Families of the team, Challenger Middle School, and the State of Alabama, which receive recognition and pride for the students' achievement.

Key Provisions

• The resolution commends the Challenger Middle School CyberPatriot Team for their success in the National Youth CyberDefense Competition, naming the team as Challenger Middle School Robot Unicorn Attack.
• It provides background on CyberPatriot being a national program from the Air Force Association to encourage students toward cybersecurity and STEM careers, and explains that the competition simulates work tasks an IT professional would handle.
• It highlights the team’s performance, noting they advanced to semifinals, ranked top in the state during preliminaries and semifinals, and placed 23rd out of 190 in semifinals, placing them in the top 12 percent nationally.
• It lists team members as 8th graders Kira Geib, Layla Jeries, Katherine Nguyen, Caitlyn Skye Sanders, and Jessica Wright, and states the achievement reflects credit on their school, families, and the State of Alabama, with best wishes for the future.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Congratulatory