The Liberal Way - Reducing Dropout Rates

Other ways might be to put up guard towers and razor barbed wires at schools, mandatory branding of DO on student's forehead, promise them a job as a civil servant, etc.

Driving ban for dropouts
Dec. 12, 2006. 12:01 PM
FROM CANADIAN PRESS

The province of Ontario is set to pass legislation forcing kids to stay in school until they turn 18 or risk losing their driver's license.

Provincial politicians vote on the bill this afternoon and it is expected to become law by the end of the week.

Premier Dalton McGuinty says the new law tells kids it's no longer acceptable for them to drop out of high school and hang around at the shopping mall.

He says the new law reflects the fact that most of today's new jobs require a post-secondary education, let alone a high school diploma.

The law forces teens to stay in school until 18, but gives them different ways to earn their diploma through apprenticeships and co-op placements.

Under the new law, students who end up in truancy court, could lose their driver's license.