DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO.122
June 22, 2007
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
One Hundred
and Eighty-Day Temporary Drivers License |
Effective
July 1, 2007, the validity period of the current 90-day temporary drivers
license will be extended to 180 days. This extension will allow courts and
juvenile drivers additional time to schedule the judges presentation of the
permanent licenses.
Also
included on the 180-day licensing form is the action taken by the 2007 General
Assembly concerning the use of wireless telecommunication devices by certain drivers.
Except in a driver emergency or
when the vehicle is lawfully parked or stopped, the holder of a provisional
driver's license less than 18 years old, shall not operate a motor vehicle on
the highways of the Commonwealth while using any cellular telephone or any
other wireless telecommunications device, regardless of whether such device is
or is not hand-held.
Please place orders for the
180-day temporary drivers licenses on letterhead and fax to (804)
786-1597. Please include how many you
need and a UPS mailing address.
For additional information,
please contact Vanessa Wigand, principal specialist for health education,
physical education, and driver education, Office of Middle and High School
Instruction, by e-mail at vanessa.wigand@doe.virginia.gov,
or by telephone at (804) 225-3300.
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