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ATTENDANCE FOR DRIVING PRIVILEGES
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Any student, under eighteen (18) years of age, applying for a driver's license or an
instruction permit must provide written verification from the Bonneville Joint School
District No. 93 to the Idaho Department of Transportation that he /she is enrolled in
school and meets the attendance requirements.
Guidelines
1. In the event a student fails to meet the enrollment and attendance requirement, the
principal /designee shall provide written notification on a form provided by the Idaho
Department of Education to the student and his /her parent /guardian of the District's
intent to request that the Idaho Department of Transportation suspend the student's
driving privileges because the student has dropped out of school and has failed to
comply with the enrollment and attendance requirements.
2. The student or parent /guardian shall have fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of
receipt of the above - mentioned notice to request a hearing before the principal/
designee for the purpose of reviewing the pending suspension of driving privileges.
3. The requested hearing shall be held within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt
of the request.
4. The principal /designee may grant a hardship waiver of the requirements of this
policy for any student for whom a personal or family hardship requires that the
student have a driver's license for his /her own or his /her family's employment or
medical care.
a. The principal /designee shall take into account the recommendations of teachers,
other District officials, guidance counselors or academic advisors prior to granting
a waiver.
b. Such hardship waiver must be requested by the student or the student's parent/
guardian at the initial hearing.
6. If the principal /designee denies a hardship waiver, that decision maybe appealed to
the Board within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of the principal's /designee's
decision.
a. The hearing before the Board shall be held at a mutually convenient time.
b. The Board shall have the authority to uphold the decision of the
principal /designee, or reverse the decision and grant the hardship waiver.
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Reports to the Idaho Department of Transportation
The District shall provide the following information to the Idaho Department of
Transportation on appropriate forms provided by the Idaho Department of Education:
1. The necessary verification that a student applying for a driver's license or instruction
permit meets the requirements set forth by Board policy;
2. A request that the Idaho Department of Transportation suspend a student's driving
privileges because the student has dropped out of school and has failed to comply
with enrollment and attendance requirements;
3. The names of students granted or denied hardship waivers under this policy;
4. Written verification that a student is again in compliance with the requirements of this
policy;
5. Reports setting forth the number of:
a. notifications issued of possible student drivers' license suspensions based on
nonattendance;
b. requests to the Idaho Department of Transportation to suspend a driver's license;
and
c. student drivers' licenses actually suspended.
Adopted: 11 -02 -2005 Reviewed: Revised:
Legal Reference: IC 33 -211 Student's driver's licenses
IC 49 -303 What persons shall not be licensed
IC 49 -303A Driver's license or permits issued to certain persons under the age of
eighteen years
IC 49 -326 Authority of department to suspend, disqualify or revoke driver's license
and privileges
IC 49 -305 Instruction permits -- temporary licenses -- temporary driver's training
instruction permit
IC 49 -310 Applications of persons under the age of eighteen years
Idaho Department of Transportation letter, October 4, 1996
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
Bonneville Joint School District No. 93
Attendance for Driving Privileges