The short answer to “is vacation an excused absence from school?” is it depends. However, there’s so much more to consider in this issue than just how your school district classifies taking kids out ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJW) — 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. “Absences ...

A Middle Tennessee school district will no longer accept doctor's notes for excused absences. According to school officials, the new policy aims to address "chronic" absenteeism among students and ...

An overly strict new attendance policy for a Tennessee school district says a doctor’s note no longer excuses a student’s absence — and threatens to send kids to juvenile court after just eight missed ...

Children who frequently miss school because of abdominal complaints are far more likely to be suffering from disorders of the gut-brain axis such as irritable bowel syndrome than diseases that can be ...

Those five words, written in large black letters on a white poster, prompted Bruce Springsteen to help a young fan skip a day of school after his San Francisco concert on Sunday. Facebook images and ...

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 ...