LAWMAKERS IN SANTA FE NEXT MONTH WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A BILL DESIGNED TO KEEP TEENS IN SCHOOL AND RAISE STATE GRADUATION RATES . SANDOVAL COUNTY STATE SENATOR CRAIG BRANDT INTRODUCED THE SAME BILL AT LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATURE.
THE MEASURE SUSPENDS THE DRIVER'S LICENSES OF HABITUALLY TRUANT STUDENTS AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE AT LAST YEAR'S SESSION. BUT IT GOT A SPLIT VOTE FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND FAILED. BRANDT'S NOT SURE WHY. BRANDT TELLS US COMMITTEE MEMBERS HE TALKED TO WOULDN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE.
HE SAYS HE'S BEEN MORE PROACTIVE THIS YEAR ABOUT GETTING A CONSENSUS ON HIS BILL.
