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

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 ...

Tennessee district bans doctor’s notes to exempt kids from school to teach them good work ethic - Lawrence County Board of Education says ‘absences are not excused’ in most circumstances, even illness ...

One Tennessee school district will no longer accept doctors’ notes to excuse an absence despite objections from parents.