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title: "20 U.S.C. § 1655"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 1655 - Uniform rules of evidence of racial discrimination

## Text

The rules of evidence required to prove that State or local authorities are practicing racial discrimination in assigning students to public schools shall be uniform throughout the United States.

(Pub. L. 92–318, title VIII, § 805, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 372.)