One Middle Tennessee school districtwill no longer accept doctor's notes to excuse student absences. Lawrence County School System officials announced the new attendance policy during a June 26 board ...

The Lawrence County School System has adjusted its controversial attendance policy which previously barred students from using doctor's notes to excuse absences. The former policy, announced in June, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – A school district in Tennessee said doctor’s notes will no longer excuse a child’s absence. The Lawrence County School System said the policy is aimed at improving ...

Lawrence County Schools has reversed its controversial attendance policy after significant community backlash. Doctor's notes will now excuse absences from truancy, but not from chronic absenteeism.