The constitution contains its original requirement for public education to be racially segregated in the state. Section 256 states that "separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children, and no child of either race shall be permitted to attend a school of the other race". This provision was struck down by the United States Supreme Court ruling in "Brown v. Board of Education" in 1954 that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional, and this clause has not been enforced since the 1960s.