Jimmy Carter–a Georgia resident, a Democrat and a well-known Baptist–saying he was "..embarrassed by Superintendent Kathy Cox's attempt to censor and distort the education of Georgia's students... there can be no incompatibility between Christian faith and proven facts concerning geology, biology, and astronomy." Personal bankruptcy On November 17, 2008, Cox and her husband declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy due to the failure of her husband's home construction business, listing $3.5 million in debt and $650,000 in assets. The bankruptcy also affected the money won for the schools on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?. Fidelity Investments, the investor charged in creating a fund for the donor schools, donated the winnings back to Fox in December 2008 from the schools, placing the prize in a limbo that would not benefit anyone. On August 19, 2009, protesters representing deaf and blind children picketed the office of bankruptcy attorney Gary W. Brown in Newnan, over his efforts to take control of the winnings. According to Brown, the winnings belong to the bankruptcy estate, and should be used to pay back creditors. In October 2010, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge W. Homer Drake signed off on an agreement to split the $1 million winnings into two equal parts: one half for creditors and the other half for the three state-run schools for the blind and deaf. Note References External links Kathy Cox at ourcampaigns.com 1964 births Living people Georgia Superintendent of Schools Contestants on American game shows Women in Georgia (U.S. state) politics People from Peachtree City, Georgia Politicians from Plainfield, New Jersey 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians Republican Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives Educators from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American educators Educators from New Jersey 20th-century American women educators