Nondiscrimination in Public Schools. Prohibition of Discrimination, Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying in California Public Schools.To discriminate means to treat those people in some way differently than other people who are not in the same class. It is the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender ,gender identity, gender expression. A Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP) complaint is a written and signed statement saying that a school has violated federal or state education laws. State law also prohibits discrimination based on gender, gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation (California Department of Education, 2017). Learn how to file a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.