One rural Tennessee school district’s approach to addressing chronic absenteeism is drawing a growing backlash from local ...

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 county in Tennessee now says a doctor’s note won’t excuse absences — and students who miss eight days can be sent to juvenile court. Even kids sent home by the nurse are ...

Lawrence County schools in Tennessee eliminate excused absences, introduce steep penalties for attendance issues.