Here is the law:
13202.7. (a) Any minor under the age of 18 years, but 13 years of
age or older, who is an habitual truant within the meaning of Section
48262 of the Education Code, or who is adjudged by the juvenile
court to be a ward of the court under subdivision (b) of Section 601
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may have his or her driving
privilege suspended for one year by the court. If the minor does not
yet have the privilege to drive, the court may order the department
to delay issuing the privilege to drive for one year subsequent to
the time the person becomes legally eligible to drive. However, if
there is no further truancy in the 12-month period, the court, upon
petition of the person affected, may modify the order imposing the
delay of the driving privilege. For each successive time the minor is
found to be an habitual truant, the court may suspend the minor's
driving privilege for a minor possessing a driver's license, or delay
the eligibility for the driving privilege for those not in
possession of a driver's license, for one additional year.
(b) Whenever the juvenile court suspends a minor's driving
privilege pursuant to subdivision (a), the court may require all
driver's licenses held by the minor to be surrendered to the court.
The court shall, within 10 days following the surrender of the
license, transmit a certified abstract of the findings, together with
any driver's licenses surrendered, to the department.
(c) When the juvenile court is considering suspending or delaying
a minor's driving privilege pursuant to subdivision (a), the court
shall consider whether a personal or family hardship exists that
requires the minor to have a driver's license for his or her own, or
a member of his or her family's, employment or for medically related
purposes.
(d) The suspension, restriction, or delay of a minor's driving
privilege pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other
penalty imposed by law on the minor.
Two years and he should be good.
