Any evidence of lice was once reason for immediate dismissal from school, with no return until the student's head was lice free. But "no-nit" policies have been dropped in favor of "nonexclusion" ...

Any evidence of lice was once a reason for immediate dismissal from school, not to return until the student's head was lice-free. But what are known as "no-nit" policies have been dropped in favor of ...

Evelyn Thompson of Lice Is Simple, a treatment company in Nashville, Tenn., checks the head of a student at a preschool that experienced an outbreak affecting at least 13 children over the summer.

Lice is low down on threats to public health — they don't carry disease, and they don't jump or fly. But school systems and parents are still... Leniency on lice in schools meets reality Any evidence ...

Any evidence of lice was once a reason for immediate dismissal from school, not to return until the student's head was lice-free. But what are known as "no-nit" policies have been dropped in favor of ...