Beshear recommends schools delay in-person classes until Jan. 11 in new executive order and last updated 2020-12-18 22:16:25-05 FRANKFORT, Ky. â In an executive order signed Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear recommends Kentucky schools in counties with "critical" spread of coronavirus delay resuming in-person learning until Jan. 11, 2021. Per the order, all schools will be allowed to return to in-person learning on Jan. 4, even if that school is in one of the 116 red counties on Kentucky's COVID-19 incidence rate map. But, the state recommended that schools in those counties consider waiting an extra week before reopening classrooms "to prevent the spread of disease following the holidays."