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More than a dozen community members attended the Hardin County Schools board meeting to discuss critical race theory.
This included a news conference before the meeting by Hardin County Parents for Education, an organization recently founded by Michelle Smith.
With a small group livestreaming, Smith, Angel Headden and Rep. Nancy Tate, R-BranÂdenÂburg, spoke about critical race theory. Statements were read from Pastor Jerry Westerfield, senior pastor at Bethesda House of Mercy in Elizabethtown, and Rep. Joseph Fischer, R-Fort Thomas.
According to the Encyclopedia of Britannica, critical race theory, or CRT, is an âintellectual movement and loosely organized framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is not a natural, biologically grounded feature of physically distinct subgroups of human beings but a socially constructed . category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color.â
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The Shores of Asbury, a proposed disability-friendly outdoor park and treehouse resort, has been touted as a Lake Hartwell tourism boon by Anderson County officials, but new developments with the project have drawn ire from local residents.
According to Karen McCullough, founder of the project and president of the Lake Hartwell Development Group, rain delays, utility setbacks and ongoing arborist work from the Army Corps of Engineers has pushed the expected completion date back eight months.
McCullough and Anderson County officials broke ground on the park late last year with plans to launch construction in the spring of this year, starting with amenities used to support a floating water park on Lake Hartwell. Later phases would expand park capacity to 150 guests with tiny house cabins, a yurt village, Americans With Disabilities Act-accessible treehouses, a restaurant and events venue.
After overriding Gov. Andy Beshearâs veto, state legislators approved House Bill 563, which is about 38 pages long and contains scholarship tax credit legislation. More specifically, it aims to set up education opportunity accounts, which allow families to pay for their choice of school.
Eligible families can apply to have education expenses covered at private and public schools.
They offer tax credits to those who donate to organizations that then distribute money to families to use for these expenses.
Education expenses covered include tuition, transportation fees, technology and books.
Those who qualify for an account are mostly students eligible for reduced-price lunch, with those then organized by need, with families who make the most in terms of income receiving smaller scholarships.