The so-called ‘Bathroom Bill’ requires people to use bathrooms which correspond to their gender. Shocking stuff, huh?

The Washington Post reports.

University of North Carolina president raises concerns over ‘bathroom bill’

The president of the University of North Carolina told chancellors at the system’s 17 campuses that they must implement the state’s new “bathroom bill,” but warned state leaders that the law, which requires people to use public restrooms in accordance with the sex on their birth certificate, could endanger the system’s federal funding and hurt alumni giving and recruitment efforts.

The new law is the first in the nation to require people to use public bathrooms in accordance with their “biological sex,” requiring transgender people to use public restrooms in accordance with the sex on their birth certificate rather than their gender identity. The law, which also prohibits local governments from extending nondiscrimination protections to gay and transgender people, has prompted backlash from LGBT activists and the business community, who have called it an attack on LGBT rights. Supporters have called it a necessary requirement to safeguard privacy.

University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings, who was the education secretary under President George W. Bush, wrote in a memo to chancellors this week that they should inform students of the new legal requirements and ensure that all multi-occupancy bathrooms are designated for either males or females. But Spellings pointed out that the new law “does not contain provisions concerning enforcement” of the bathroom requirements.

“We will not be policing bathrooms,” said university system spokeswoman Joni Worthington.

The memo also tells chancellors that they are free to keep their campus nondiscrimination policies, even if they extend to gay and transgender students and employees.