Some students are better off working for a couple of years, so they mature.
I really don’t see the advantage of forcing somebody to be there if they don’t want to and aren’t going to accomplish anything while there.
One of my grandson's dropped out at 10th grade. He wanted to learn and all he was getting was Socialist indoctrination. He signed up for an accredited online high school and became such a regular at the local library, following his independent study, that they set him up with a ‘private office’ up on the third floor - sunny room with a desk
He went on through a year at college and then went into the Army. He progressed on to the most decorated unit in the Army, the 173rd AIRBORNE - served a total, so far, of 2 1/2 yrs in Afghanistan. His platoon's story has been made famous by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s movie “RESTREPO” - was nominated for Academy Award - Dcumentary. (They were also featured on ABC doc., and several magazie articles.) My grandson is now, at 25, an officer with a chest full of medals.
His future is bright.
Rather than further punishing dropouts, why not turn the attention to the failure to educate in our schools?
Think of of the college dropouts, like Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, Ted Nugent, Mark Zuckerberg, etc -
One size does not fit all.
And I still fail to understand how yanking the drivers license from someone who's behind on child support payments helps the situation. Yank the license, now they can't get to and from a job. Yeah, that makes sense. (The original rational was to keep them from skipping the state. WTF? You can take a bus, a plane, WALK outta state. AT least,it they had a driver's license, they'd be easier to track down.)
So they prevent kids from getting a license because they didn't stay in school- will they increase that to include kids in homeschool, taking accredited online school? What's the real concern? Is it that they'll lack education or indoctrination?