If you have the sniffles, that is fine. You are going to have them when you go to work one day," one official reportedly said ...

A school district in Tennessee says it will no longer accept doctors' notes to excuse absenses. Children in Lawrence County ...

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

Under the Lawrence County School System’s new attendance policy, doctor’s notes will no longer excuse an absence. Students ...