Not a joke, but is it a good idea?

1. Education is the KEY to a New Mexico’s Driver’s License

• Beginning next year, 8th grade students will need to demonstrate nearing proficiency or proficiency and beyond on the 8th grade New Mexico Standards and 9th graders will have to have 90% attendance to be eligible for a New Mexico Driver’s License.
• Failure to attain either benchmark will result in a 6 month delay in eligibility.
• Failure to reach both benchmarks will result in a one year delay.
• Students who dropout before the driver’s license eligibility age of 16 will also have to wait a year to receive their driver’s licenses based on the New Mexico law that states the legal dropout age is 18.