This bill, known as the Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act, aims to modernize hiring practices for federal cybersecurity positions by significantly limiting the reliance on educational requirements. It amends title 5 of the United States Code to ensure that agencies prioritize skills and competencies over academic degrees for these critical roles. Specifically, an agency may only prescribe a minimum educational requirement for a covered cybersecurity position if such a qualification is legally mandated for the duties in that specific location. Furthermore, education can only be considered in determining other minimum qualifications if it directly reflects the competencies essential to perform the job duties. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is also tasked with publishing annual updates on qualification standard changes and aggregate data on the educational attainment of new hires in these cybersecurity roles.