A doctor’s note is no longer a valid excuse for children missing school, according to the Lawrence County School System in Tennessee.

The Lawrence County School System in Middle Tennessee will no longer accept doctor's notes as a form of excused absences. Here's why.

The Lawrence County School System in Middle Tennessee will no longer accept doctor's notes as a form of excused absences. Here's why.

One rural Tennessee school district’s approach to addressing chronic absenteeism is drawing a growing backlash from local parents. The Lawrence County Board of Education in June adopted a policy ...

A Tennessee school district says even a doctor’s note won’t excuse absences and too many missed days could mean court, no prom, or no graduation.

A new school absence policy in one southern Tennessee county states that a doctor’s note is no longer efficient enough to excuse a student from missing school.

A Tennessee county's new attendance policy says doctor’s notes no longer excuse absences. Critics say the rule punishes sick kids and could backfire.

Furious parents in Tennessee are threatening to take their children out of school after a county in the southern US state decreed that a doctor's note will no longer excuse a pupil's absence from ...

A doctor’s note is no longer a valid excuse for children missing school, according to a school district in Tennessee. “Attendance is a key factor in student achievement, and therefore, students are ...

(NewsNation) — One school district in Middle Tennessee will no longer accept doctors’ notes to excuse an absence despite objections from parents.