Tennessee School Stops Accepting Doctor's Notes For Absences To Teach Kids Work Ethic — 'We've All Gone To Work Sick' Forcing children to go to school sick isn't "work ethic," it's abuse.

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 ...

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.

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.

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

(NewsNation) — One Tennessee school district will no longer accept doctors’ notes to excuse an absence despite objections from parents. Lawrence County School System officials said the school is ...

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.