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05:03 pm to get behind the wheel may want to focus on getting good grades first. that's because new mexico is moving closer to using drivers licenses as bait - to keep teenagers in school and studying. stuart dyson is here with how it's supposed to work. call it a form of legal blackmail - you show up for class - you make the grade on
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05:04 pm proficiency tests - you get a learner's permit - but if you're a no-show and can't cut the mustard at test-time - no permit. the state public education department is so convinced this will help school attendance and academic performance, they want to put it in the rulebook - and the motor vehicle division is ready to crank it up too. " what motivates kids - kids want to drive and they want to drive as early as possible - we want them to read and do math and have good attendance in 9th grade - so other states have looked at this - we thought let's combine the two." a state education hearing in santa fe today brought another point of view - driving school instructors saying it won't work. " so let's say that kid drops out of school or they don't keep their grades up and they're still in school - they can't do it - so they're gonna say i need to drive - i need to work - i need to do things - so that will get even more illegal drivers." " a lotta people who may not do well in the classroom use the operating of a vehicle - heavy machinery - tractor-trailer units - as
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05:05 pm their livelihood - this will delay that." the new rule - once it's approved by the education secretary - would go into effect in september of 20-11. state education officials say the drivers license plan is just one tool in the box for keeping kids in school - but with an official graduation rate of only about 60 percent they need to use every tool they can get - back to you.
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