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The University of North Carolina is set to comply with a recently enacted law enabling anti-LGBT discrimination in the state, according a memo made public on Thursday.

In a Q&A guidance dated April 5, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings informs chancellors the new school policy is to conform to House Bill 2. Signed into law last month by Gov. Pat McCrory, the law prohibits transgender people from using the restroom consistent with their gender identity and prohibits cities from enacting pro-LGBT ordinances.

“University institutions must require every multiple-occupancy bathroom and changing facility to be designated for and used only by persons based on their biological sex,” the memo says.

To comply with the law, the memo instructs schools to label multiple-occupancy bathroom for single-sex use, provide notice of the act to campus constituencies as needed and considering making information available about the location of single-occupancy bathrooms and changing facilities on campus.

According to the memo, the non-discrimination policies within the university are still in effect, even though prohibiting transgender people from using the restrooms consistent with their gender identity seems at odd with policies of non-discrimination.

The memo notes the lack of enforcement provisions within the law, saying the law “does not contain provisions concerning enforcement of the bathroom and changing facility requirements.”

Prior to becoming president of University of North Carolina, Spellings was a deputy education secretary during the George W. Bush administration who was notorious for her anti-LGBT views. According to an article in Slate, one of her first acts at the Education Department was writing a letter to PBS threatening to pull federal funds over for an episode of a children’s show that briefly featured a same-sex couple and their child. The episode was never aired.

Spellings instructs chancellors to comply with the law even though critics say that would conflict with federal laws that prohibit gender discrimination, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, blasted Spelling for instructing the university to comply with the anti-LGBT law instead of federal statues.

“This legislation not only inflicts real harm on transgender students in the UNC system, but also risks all federal funding flowing to the university, including federal student loans and grants to the thousands of students attending the state’s 17 campuses,” Griffins said. “All students have a right to learn without fear of discrimination, and President Spellings has an obligation to protect them. We urge her to reverse this decision, and stand up to the bullies who are targeting students simply for who they are.”

The University of North Carolina is a defendant in federal litigation challenging House Bill 2. The lead plaintiff is Joaquín Carcaño, a 27-year-old transgender UNC-Chapel Hill employee seeking to use bathroom facilities on campus consistent with his gender identity.

“Not only does this policy fail to protect my rights as a loyal and hard-working employee and make it harder for me to do my job, it sides with ignorance and fear,” Carcaño said. “All I want is to use the appropriate restroom, in peace, just like everyone else. But now I am put in the terrible position of either going into the women’s room where I don’t belong and am uncomfortable or breaking the law.”

The litigation was filed last week by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of North Carolina on behalf of Carcaño, as well as a UNC-Greensboro student and a North Carolina Central University law professor. Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Equality North Carolina and the ACLU of North Carolina.

In a joint statement, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina condemned the new policy.

“It’s incredibly disappointing that the University of North Carolina has concluded it is required to follow this discriminatory measure at the expense of the privacy, safety, and well-being of its students and employees, particularly those who are transgender,” the statement says. “By requiring people to use restrooms that do not correspond to their gender identity, this policy not only endangers and discriminates against transgender people – it also violates federal law.”