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South Carolina

Staph

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1. A similar law was passed in West Virginia in 1989.

Reply to Indiana (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 04:53 PM

Mar 2012

If you drop out of high school, you can't get a driver's license until you reach 18. There are exceptions for GEDs and for those who drop out to join the military.

According to an old article in the New York Times, the drop out rate dropped by one-third in the first year of the bill.

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A similar law was passed in West Virginia in 1989. Staph Mar 2012 #1