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Dropout legislation softened

Teens won't need to prove they're in school to acquire driver's licence

Toronto Sun, By ANTONELLA ARTUSO, QUEEN'S PARK BUREAU CHIEF, November 4, 2006

The Dalton McGuinty government has backed away from a controversial provision in its anti-dropout legislation that would have required teens to prove they're still in school to get a driver's licence.

As originally written, Bill 52 forced teenagers under the age of 18 to show proof of attendance at school or an approved training/co-op program when applying for a G1, G2 or full driver's licence.

Under amendments introduced this week, judges will be given the power to strip truants of their driving privileges.

KENNEDY'S LEGISLATION

Former education minister Gerard Kennedy introduced the legislation -- which raises the legal dropout age to 18 from 16-years-old -- at a high-profile media conference last December.

At the time, the government pitched driver's licence refusal as an effective enforcement tool.

Conservative MPP Frank Klees said yesterday that parents, students and educators appearing at public hearings for Bill 52 were united in their condemnation of the driver's licence penalty.

"It was referred to as punitive, as counter-productive, as impossible to administer," Klees said.

The government tried to save face by giving judges the right to strip licences, but very few truancy cases ever make it to court, Klees said.

As it now is written, the bill is virtually unenforceable, Klees said.

Valerie Poulin, a spokesman for Education Minister Kathleen Wynne, said the government listened to its education stakeholders and made changes to address their concerns.

Stripping a student of a driver's licence will not be done lightly, she said."We're basically making it the ultimate last resort," she said.

Of the 281 truancy charges laid in 2003/04, fewer than six resulted in a court-ordered fine, she said.

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