1.) What law applies to the situation at the Oakland schools?

2.) What does this law state?

3.) Please describe a situation where you or someone you know was treated differently simply because that person was a member of a "protected class" (i.e., gender, race, religion, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, etc.)

Sources:

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-schools-may-reconsider-sports-cuts-after-13182728.php

https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Oakland-schools-blunder-shows-larger-issue-13199449.php

And here is the 2020 update:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/23/ousd-reaches-settlement-over-gender-inequity-in-interscholastic-sports/