The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges is currently debating a new admissions policy that could bar students from enrolling in classes based on their health conditions. The new proposal, covered by WRAL.com here, would involve asking students for their health history, and could mean that students with certain medical conditions might be denied enrollment.

"This may open the door for the possibility of a health background check," said Stephen Scott, President of one of North Carolina's community colleges, Wake Technical Community College.

In this WRAL.com piece, a staff member from the North Carolina ACLU notes that the policy could be so broad and vague in nature, that it could lead to rampant abuse and misuse by college administrators.

"The way it's written right now, it seems very broad and vague. There are no real standards included in it, so it seems like it could be used in a very arbitrary way," said Sarah Preston, legislative counsel for the North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Then she adds another concern, which is privacy.

"It raises some red flags as far as privacy and how they're getting information."

Send the North Carolina Community College System a message that any policy they put in place ought to ensure that no populations are discriminated against, and that the privacy concerns of students are given priority.