My question involves a driver's license issued by the State of: Pennsylvania. My daughter is at college in Virginia. She will be 22 this July. During the year she was 20, she was approached by an undercover police officer from a neighboring town as she stood on campus at a tailgaiting party at one of the school's many football games. She was with a group of kids who were consuming some alcohol and she was holding an empty cup and had not put it down. She was charged with underage drinking and no one else from the group was charged, even though they had stronger drinks in their cups and were obviously drinking. She looks much younger than she is, which is why I think she was approached. She went through the college's routine to punish this type of offender and completed their classes. But she was also charged by the court by this neighboring town. She was given the opportunity to take several classes in that town and pay a fine, after appealing her charge.
Just before the classes were to begin, she found out she needed to go home for the spring semester because of, unfortunately, an academic suspension. She was given, over the phone, a postponement of the classes. She returned to college in the fall and started her weekly drive to the classes, which were about 25 min. away in the evenings. If you are late to the class, they will not let you in. She was told to stay in the parking lot and come to a later class one or two times, since she was ten minutes late. Once, since she had an exam the next day, she chose to drive back to school to study. She ended up missing two classes and was therefore told she had to start all the classes over again. She tried doing that, but this problem happened again and when she missed another, she was told she was not permitted to take the classes at all anymore. She came home for winter break and, while still at home, was told by a roommate that a sherriff had come to her apartment door. When she returned two weeks later, she received a notice that her drivers license had been suspended and she would need to pay 500.00.
After a phone call to the court house, we learned that she could ask for a re-hearing. She appeared at the time permitted to request a re-hearing and went before the judge, ready to explain her situation, and the judge would not hear a thing she had to explain, and denied a re-hearing. Her drivers license is now suspended in Virginia until August.
MY QUESTION: does this mean it is also suspended in PA? Her charge had nothing to do with driving and she was not driving or even a passenger at the time. She has a perfectly clean driving record. Will this be on her record? Is this something she has to divulge when applying for a job? Will this affect her auto insurance? Is this typical to use a driver's license as a punishment for an offense that has nothing to do with driving? She has never had any problem with alcohol since and was not even considered intoxicated at the time.

