Colorado § 26.5-1-114 Tribal regalia at preschool graduation ceremonies - definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 26.5-1-114 — Tribal regalia at preschool graduation ceremonies - definitions

Colorado § 26.5-1-114

Title 26.5Early

Art.Early Childhood Programs and Services

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26.5-1-114 (2026).

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(1)As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)Graduation attire means attire that a preschool requires a student to wear as part of the dress code for a graduation ceremony.

(b)Qualifying student means a student who is a descendant of people who were living in North America prior to the time people from Europe began settling in North America, is an enrolled member of a federally recognized or state-recognized Indian tribe, or is a lineal descendant of a tribally enrolled parent or grandparent.

(c)Tribal regalia means a tribe's traditional dress or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance and includes the following items of cultural significance:

(I)Tribal symbols;

(II)Beads; and

(III)Feathers, in line with the Migratory Bird Treaty

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) Graduation attire means attire that a preschool requires a student to
wear as part of the dress code for a graduation ceremony.

(b) Qualifying student means a student who is a descendant of people who
were living in North America prior to the time people from Europe began settling in
North America, is an enrolled member of a federally recognized or state-recognized
Indian tribe, or is a lineal descendant of a tribally enrolled parent or grandparent.

(c) Tribal regalia means a tribe's traditional dress or recognized objects of
religious or cultural significance and includes the following items of cultural
significance:

(I) Tribal symbols;

(II) Beads; and

(III) Feathers, in line with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.

(d) Tribe means a tribe, band, nation, or Alaskan Native village that is
recognized by federal law or that a state formally acknowledges.

(2) A qualifying student may wear tribal regalia during a graduation
ceremony; except that a qualifying student who is not an enrolled member of a tribe
shall not wear eagle feathers. Wearing tribal regalia includes decorating graduation
attire with tribal regalia; except that a qualifying student who is not an enrolled
member of a tribe shall not decorate with eagle feathers.

(3) (a) An immediate family member of a qualifying student may wear and
display tribal regalia during the qualifying student's graduation ceremony if the
immediate family member is:

(I) An enrolled member of a tribe;

(II) Eligible to be enrolled as a member of a tribe; or

(III) A lineal descendant of a tribally enrolled parent or grandparent.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a) of this section, an immediate family
member who is not an enrolled member of a tribe shall not wear eagle feathers.

(4) A preschool shall not prohibit a qualifying student or the qualifying
student's immediate family from wearing and displaying tribal regalia at a
graduation ceremony.

(5) This section applies to all preschool graduations.