Earlier this year, the district approved its largest teacher pay increase in more than 20 years.
School districts have been asked to submit lists of all workers who want to take a COVID-19 vaccine to the Kentucky Department for Public Health by Dec. 30.
Hardin County Schools first transitioned to nontraditional instruction on Nov. 4 as COVID-19 cases escalated in Hardin County, and the local caseload has only increased since.
Some school districts have already heeded Beshear’s advice and announced plans to start the school year remotely with nontraditional instruction.
One group will attend classes on Monday and Thursday, the other group on Tuesday and Friday. Each of the schools — Central Hardin, John Hardin and North Hardin — will determine into which group a student will be moved.
Hardin County Schools Superintendent Teresa Morgan will suggest the delay during the board's July 16 meeting, according to a news release from the school district.
School officials have not determined how instruction will occur in the fall, but they may require staff and students to wear masks.
The district will implement those changes in the next few years under its new strategic plan, said Superintendent Teresa Morgan.