Does your state have this law?
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From: Frequently frozen MN
Does your state have this law?
Hi,
Someone in Minny has introduced a bill to prohibit driiver's licenses for high school dropouts ( I imagine until they turn 18). Theory is that it will encourage kids to stay in school.
I don't want to argue the point or send this to the club. But, the article said that 20 states already have this law. I'm just wondering if anyone is familiar with it, and if it seems to do any good.
hj
Someone in Minny has introduced a bill to prohibit driiver's licenses for high school dropouts ( I imagine until they turn 18). Theory is that it will encourage kids to stay in school.
I don't want to argue the point or send this to the club. But, the article said that 20 states already have this law. I'm just wondering if anyone is familiar with it, and if it seems to do any good.
hj
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Agree with Ian. What circumstance you fall under does not mean everyone else is the same. What if dad/mom was laid up and the kid had to quit school to run the farm to keep from losing it. Etc,,,,
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From: Grand Lake, La.
We have that law in Louisiana. It's to try to keep the kids from dropping out of school. It also effects the kids that are home schooled. Most kids that are home schooled around here have to go to a public school to get their drivers licenses when they get of age.
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In Oregon, near as I can tell, you can only have a provisional license until you are 18. A provisional license has restrictions about when you can drive and who can ride with you, and you have to prove you are in school.
There are exemptions, but it appears most of them are for home schooled kids, kids who have already graduated, are working full time but enrolled part time in college classes or some sort of alternative education.
There is an "emancipated minor" law in Oregon, whereby under certain circumstances minors can be emancipated from their parents and essentially act as adults. I didn't look up to see what all that entails but there is a driving exemption for them too.
There are exemptions, but it appears most of them are for home schooled kids, kids who have already graduated, are working full time but enrolled part time in college classes or some sort of alternative education.
There is an "emancipated minor" law in Oregon, whereby under certain circumstances minors can be emancipated from their parents and essentially act as adults. I didn't look up to see what all that entails but there is a driving exemption for them too.
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Minnesota has provisional licenses as well. I don't recall what any of the restrictions are but they do have provisional licenses.
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As for 'legality', a drivers license is not considered a 'right', but a privilege. It would appear states are pretty free to control licensing whatever way they desire. I would think an easier way to keep kids in school would be to require them to stay until either 18 or graduation. The laws allowing kids to drop out are antiquated, dating from the depression era to allow kids to work supporting their families.
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idk about the school drop out law but here in nebraska
you get a provisional license when you turn 16, you may drive between the hours of 6a and 10P, unless accompanied by parent or on your way to/from school event or work and you may only have one non-family member ride in the vehicle with you at a time
when you turn 17, if you have had no tickets/accidents you may get a full license that allows you to drive whenever with whomever you want, if you have tickets/accidents on that provisional license you must wait til your 18
we also have farm permits and school permits, farm permits are issued at 14 and allow you to drive a farm vehicle, belonging to your families farm, on non-major roads (no hi-ways, interstates, etc.)
and at 15 if you live more than 4 miles from your school and live outside of a city limit, you may get a school permit which allows you to drive to and from school only.
thats my knowledge of nebraska license law
you get a provisional license when you turn 16, you may drive between the hours of 6a and 10P, unless accompanied by parent or on your way to/from school event or work and you may only have one non-family member ride in the vehicle with you at a time
when you turn 17, if you have had no tickets/accidents you may get a full license that allows you to drive whenever with whomever you want, if you have tickets/accidents on that provisional license you must wait til your 18
we also have farm permits and school permits, farm permits are issued at 14 and allow you to drive a farm vehicle, belonging to your families farm, on non-major roads (no hi-ways, interstates, etc.)
and at 15 if you live more than 4 miles from your school and live outside of a city limit, you may get a school permit which allows you to drive to and from school only.
thats my knowledge of nebraska license law
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In Ky, you can get a learners permit at 16, and you have to keep a 2.0 gpa...You miss too many days of school, it's taken for while...And to get a regular license, you have to keep the permit for 6 months or 180 days, whichever is sooner 
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I don't blame them for trying to create some incentive to stay in school but I'm not in favor of such a law. Seems like if a guys drops out then he needs to get a job and become part of the workforce. Schools have become more about social engineering than education.
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