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LAWRENCE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Lawrence County will no longer have excused or unexcused absences starting this school year. The school board approved the change in late June. “This is important to ...

The Lawrence County Schools District is implementing a new absenteeism policy to disregard doctors’ notes and refer students to juvenile court after eight absences. (Getty Images) One rural Tennessee ...

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, ...

Johnston Community School District leaders are updating their chronic absenteeism and truancy policy to follow state law, which allows the Polk County attorney to pursue criminal or civil cases ...

THIS LATER ON IN OUR NEWSCAST. ALSO AT THE STATE HOUSE TODAY, LAWMAKERS BEGAN LOOKING AT A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE STATE’S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE POLICY. CURRENT LAW REQUIRES IOWA SCHOOLS TO TAKE ACTION IF ...

LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Lawrence County Board of Education voted to update the district’s attendance policy at their meeting Thursday night after backlash from parents. Hundreds of parents ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Chronic absenteeism rates are dropping at the Dubuque Community School District as staff implement new attendance policies in accordance with state law. Defined as a student ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - It’s been a full semester since the chronic absenteeism policy was put in place in Iowa. Chronic absenteeism is when a student misses a large percentage of school days, and the ...

The biggest problem in education is that kids aren’t showing up to school. Last year, 26 percent of students missed a month of class or more, leading to dramatic declines in academic performance.

GRAND FORKS – Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Jon Strandell recalls, a student with eight or more absences was “unusual.” At the time, when Central High School had implemented attendance contracts for ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A new policy put in place this year makes it so that students in North Carolina can no longer fail based on poor attendance. The North Carolina Department of Public ...