WASHINGTON -- A North Carolina law that bans transgender individuals from using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity violates federal civil rights laws by discriminating against students and employees on the basis of sex, the Justice Department told Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Wednesday.

Vanita Gupta, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, wrote a letter that gives McCrory until Monday to confirm that the State will not comply with or implement HB2, according to The Charlotte Observer.

Federal officials have previously said that states that fail to give transgender students full access are engaged in discriminatory activity. Last month, the federal appeals court in the 4th Circuit ruled in favor of a transgender high school student who is suing his school board because he was banned from the boys' bathroom.