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2004 SESSION

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SB 487 Driver eligibility certificates; issuance when student in good academic standing.

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Driver eligibility certificates. Makes issuance of a learner's permit or driver's license to a minor contingent upon possession of a driver eligibility certificate issued by the relevant public or private school principal or homeschool parent or tutor. The driver eligibility certificate is to indicate good academic standing (passing three of four courses in a semester) and regular attendance. The principal or parent issuing the certificate is to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) if the student is no longer in good academic standing, and DMV is to revoke the relevant license or permit until the certificate is restored.

The Department shall develop guidelines specifying those circumstances of hardship under which applicants who cannot present a driver eligibility certificate may be issued a driver's license.

In addition, the measure directs DMV to suspend for one year the license or learner's permit, as the case may be, when the minor student has been (i) suspended for more than 10 consecutive days or expelled from public or private school for violations of school policies addressing alcohol, illegal substances, weapons, or physical assault upon a teacher or other school personnel or (ii) assigned to alternative education for more than 10 consecutive days for such violations. The principal or other administrative authority is to notify DMV of these expulsions, suspensions, and placements.


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