FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

BETTY COXE

 

CHARLIE CRIST

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

 

Commissioner

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

 

 

 

CONTACT PERSON

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Name:

  

Mary Jo Butler

Rich Downs

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Phone:

(850) 922-3732

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Suncom:

  

292-3732

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

E-Mail:

 

maryjo.butler@fldoe.org

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

rdowns@tempest.coedu.usf.edu

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

DPS:

03-021

 

M E M O R A N D U M

  

 

TO:

 

  

District School Superintendents

 

FROM:

Betty Coxe

 

 

DATE

:

August 14, 2002

 

SUBJECT

:

DRIVER LICENSE/SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PROGRAM REPORTS

 

 

  

FOURTH QUARTER REPORT 2001-2002

 

Enclosed you will find a copy of the report the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

Vehicles (DHSMV) is required to send to each school district. This report now includes

manual additions and deletions by department personnel. The names of students

transmitted to the DHSMV will be mailed under separate cover to your district's Director

of Student Services. Our staff reviewed the report and compiled the information into a

State Summary that reflects transactions processed for school districts from April 1,

2002, through June 30, 2002

(Attachment 1).

 

For the fourth quarter of school year 2001-2002, school districts reported:

 

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3,586 students received Notices of Intent to Suspend Driving Privileges

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3,470 Notices of Intent to Suspend Driving Privileges were deleted

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9,808 Non-Licensed drivers received notices that they were not eligible to apply

and receive driver’s licenses

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6,085 Non-Compliance Orders for Non-Licensed drivers were deleted

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3,793 Suspension Orders were issued

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Driver License/School

Attendance Program Reports

August 14, 2002

Page Two

 

 

 

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2,636 Suspension Orders were cleared or deleted

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107 students who reinstated their driving privilege received 2

nd

suspension

 

 

The Technical Assistance Paper on Implementation of Attendance Requirements for

Minors to Maintain Their Driving Privilege, transmitted by DPS Memo #01-053, directs

school districts to transmit student data to DHSMV at least once a week. Districts

reporting students as soon as they withdraw from school or accumulate 15 unexcused

absences in 90 calendar days are more successful at retrieving dropouts and improving

student attendance. Implementation of these requirements can improve district dropout

and attendance rates.

 

If you have questions regarding your data, please contact Donald Klein, DHSMV, at

850/488-3288. If you have questions concerning the policies and procedures relating to

the implementation of the driver license/school attendance program requirements,

please refer to the Technical Assistance Paper on Implementation of Attendance

Requirements for Minors to Maintain Their Driving Privilege or contact Rich Downs via

email at rdowns@tempest.coedu.usf.edu or by telephone at (850) 922-3732 or Suncom

292-3732.

 

BC/rdo

 

Enclosures

 

cc:

District Student Services Directors

 

School Social Work Supervisors/Attendance Supervisors

Guidance Supervisors

Dropout

Prevention Coordinators

 

School District MIS Contacts

 

Data Processing Directors

 

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

 

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