What are the rules for hardships?
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Dropout Prevention/Driver’s License Legislation: Principals and /or a principal’s designee will be able to issue a DEC to a student based on a hardship. Cases of hardship must reflect specific circumstances that are beyond the control of the student, his or her parents, or the school. The specific hardship circumstances are divided into four categories:
#1: Medical consideration
#2: Work-related consideration
#3: Exceptional Children consideration
#4: Other consideration
In all cases of hardship, documented proof must accompany the hardship request.
Lose Control Lose Your License Law: Principals and/or principal’s designee will be able to issue a DEC to a student if the student needs the certificate to drive to and from school, a drug or alcohol treatment counseling program, as appropriate, or a mental health treatment program, and no other transportation is available. This only applies to students with a Level 2 or 3 N.C. driver’s license, as students with a permit (Level 1) cannot drive by themselves.
Clarify No other transportation is available – Students with access to a school bus, carpooling, having a parent or other relative drive, or using other modes of transportation (bicycle, city bus, taxi, etc.) shall be denied a hardship. The parent must prove that no other transportation is available. School system employees are not required to investigate other means of transportation for a student.