Elizabethtown also plans to install more Flock Safety cameras a year after it began placing the license plate readers in busy areas.
Hardin County students are among thousands of students who returned to class for the first day of school on Aug. 9, and some of them will be leaving a little early.
Teresa Morgan said she is looking forward to "an incredible school year."
Hardin County will receive $10.6 million for its career and technical education, cleaner water projects, nonprofits, tourism and law enforcement.
Hardin County Schools and the graduate receiving financial aid will enter a contractual agreement to teach at the school district for at least three years.
Superintendent Teresa Morgain said there is a significant outbreak among staff and students.
To prepare school buildings and transportation routes for the transition, all Hardin County Schools students will have a virtual learning day on March 17.
The district is partnering with Kroger to roll out its vaccination plan.
Members of the Hardin County Board of Education voted Thursday evening to push the start of the 2020-21 school year back from Thursday, Aug. 6, to Monday, Aug. 24.
School officials are encouraging parents to start making plans now in case state officials call for shutting down schools because of the coronavirus.