Transgender bathroom bill delayed amid financial questions

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Transgender bathroom bill delayed amid financial questions

https://www.yahoo.com/news/transgender-bathroom-bill-delayed-amid-financial-questions-154651972.html?ref=gs

AP via Yahoo News
ERIK SCHELZIG and SHEILA BURKE
April 12, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The sponsor of a Tennessee transgender bathroom bill told a Senate committee Tuesday that he has to consider a state attorney general's opinion before going forward. The move came the say day the White House called the proposal "mean-spirited."

Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, told the Senate Finance Ways and Means Committee that he wanted another day to consider an opinion that State Attorney General Herbert Slatery issued Monday that said federal education funding could be placed at risk if the measure becomes law. A fiscal analysis said the bill could cost the state more than $1.2 billion in federal money for K-12 and higher education.
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Rationality hits home in Tennessee, or is it the pocketbook. Either way maybe the pause can give some time for rational discussion.