UNC president: Transgender law could hurt schools
[...] Spellings said Friday, there won't be any enforcement efforts.
Other provisions of the law exclude sexual orientation and gender identity from the state's anti-discrimination policy and also bar people from filing employment discrimination lawsuits in state courts.
In response, states and major cities have banned public employees from optional travel to North Carolina, PayPal reversed plans to open a 400-employee operation center in Charlotte, and more than 100 corporate CEOs signed a letter urging legislators to repeal the law.
In Tennessee, Republican lawmakers are advancing similar legislation that would require public school students to use restrooms corresponding to the gender listed on their birth certificates.
[...] she said she also hoped university officials would get guidance before then from the U.S. Department of Education regarding how the state law holds up against federal rules that bar sex discrimination.
UNC schools received about $1.4 billion in federal funds in Fiscal Year 2014-15, including veterans' educational benefits, research grants and loan funds, university system spokeswoman Joni Worthington said.