CO SB123

Expands Colorado's Holocaust and genocide studies curriculum in public schools to explicitly include genocide against Native Americans, the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864, other massacres (including Meeker and Beaver Creek), and Native American residential and boarding schools

Requires the State Board of Education to adopt standards identifying required student knowledge and skills on these topics by January 1, 2026, as a condition of high school graduation

Directs the Colorado Department of Education to update the Holocaust and genocide studies resource bank with materials on Native American genocide by July 1, 2027

Mandates that curriculum materials and case studies be developed in consultation with Native Americans affected by genocide, including the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes

Amends existing statute Section 22-1-104.7 passed in 2022, which established Holocaust and genocide studies but did not specifically list the Sand Creek Massacre despite Governor Hickenlooper's 2014 official apology for the massacre