The Teen-age and Adult Driver Responsibility Act
requires that local school systems certify whether or not a student’s
attendance pattern and discipline record allow him or her to have a Georgia
Driver’s permit or license.
The local school district central office is required by
this law to receive information from the public schools in its district,
private schools, and home schools regarding students 15 through 17 years old
whose driver licenses are to be revoked or not issued according to the
provisions of the law. Such a student is
one who:
(A) Has dropped out of school without
graduating and has remained out of school for ten consecutive days;
(B) Has more than ten consecutive school
days of unexcused absences in any semester or combination of two consecutive
quarters; or
(C) Has been suspended from school for:
a.
Threatening,
striking, or causing bodily harm to a teacher or other school personnel;
b.
Possession
or sale of drugs or alcohol on school property; or
c.
Possession
or use of a weapon on school property.
When
applying for a driver’s license or learner’s permit, a student must have a
completed and notarized Certificate of Attendance. Please give the