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title_name: "EDUCATION"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 1753 - Uniform rules of evidence requirement

## 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. 93–380, title II, § 254, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 520.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective on and after sixtieth day after Aug. 21, 1974, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380, set out as a note under section 1221–1 of this title.