It was reportedly common knowledge at Evans High School that Belinda Gail Fondren would fabricate notes for students so they could have excused school absences, KPLC-TV reported.

A woman who worked at a medical clinic in Vernon Parish is accused of selling medical excuses to high school students so they could get out of class. 52-year-old Belinda Gail Fondren was arrested M… ...

“I skip all the time,” one UW business student tells me. He’s never had to provide a doctor’s note, probably because he doesn’t conveniently get sick when a crucial assignment is due.

One rural Tennessee school district’s approach to addressing chronic absenteeism is drawing a growing backlash from local ...

Lawrence County Director of Schools Michael Adkins is under fire for a new policy that rejects doctor’s notes as valid ...

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 ...

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 “tardy.&#8221… ...

Amid an uptick in students seeking medical and mental health care, University of Colorado providers and professors are taking on a relic many say does not help, and in fact can hurt, student health… ...

LAS CRUCES - A doctor's note alone isn't enough. That's the message from Gadsden Independent School District to staff and students who are attempting to attend school in person despite exhibiting ...