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Colorado passed a law in 2025 requiring comprehensive Black history and cultural education in K–12 public schools. House Bill 25‑1149, signed by Gov. Jared Polis, mandates the Colorado State Board of Education to develop standards for teaching Black historical and cultural studies across all grades.

Colorado passed House Bill 25-1149 in 2025, signed by Governor Jared Polis, which requires the Colorado State Board of Education to develop standards for comprehensive Black history and cultural education in K–12 public schools.

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The claim states that Colorado passed a law in 2025 mandating comprehensive Black history and cultural education in K–12 public schools through House Bill 25-1149, signed by Governor Jared Polis, and that this law requires the Colorado State Board of Education to develop related standards. The search results confirm this claim. The Colorado General Assembly's official bill pageleg.colorado.govleg.colorado.govComprehensive Black History & Culture Education in K-12 explicitly describes HB25-1149 as concerning comprehensive socio-cultural Black history education in public schools and requiring the state board of education to adopt standards related to Black historical and cultural studies.

Additional sources (coloradonewsline.comcoloradonewsline.com​These bills on education passed the Colorado Legislature in 2025 andcpr.orgcpr.orgThe education bills that passed and failed in the 2025 Colorado legislative...) confirm that this bill was part of the 2025 legislative session's education measures signed into law by Governor Polis. Furthermore,cpr.orgcpr.orgEducation committee passes bill to create advisory board on Black history... discusses the legislative context around Black history curriculum bills in Colorado, supporting the claim's accuracy about the legislative intent and process. There is no contradictory information found in the search results.

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​These bills on education passed the Colorado Legislature in 2025

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Comprehensive Black History & Culture Education in K-12

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Education committee passes bill to create advisory board on Black history...

cpr.org
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