<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=372rmX_1FQ2fDRE00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=372rmX_1FQ2fDRE00" width="1600" height="1243" ><figcaption>Members of the Casey County FFA give a presentation on the benefits of a new FFA Ag Ed Ambassador Program during the Sept. 14 meeting of the Casey County Board of Education. By Charlie VanLeuven cvanleuven@caseynews.net</figcaption></figure>Diesel fuel prices have nearly doubled over the prior year, and Casey County School District officials are watching the transportation budget closely.The Casey County Board of Education approved its working budget, which includes a budget for fuel spending, at its Sept. 14 meeting.Prior to the vote to set the budget, Finance Director Hagen Williams said that they set the budget for fuel at around $200,000, but might exceed the budget by around $36,000.“So we have $200,000 that is budgeted (for) diesel and gas. Eric (Carman, transportation director,) and I got together today and did an analysis on that,” Williams said. “We were projecting out $3.25. That’s going to come in low.”He said that according to a short-term outlook diesel would be around $5.55 per gallon.“If that continues on, we’ll miss our budget by about $36,000 per year. So, not a huge miss, but it is a miss, but again if you can predict the fuel prices, you’ll be a very wealthy person,” he said.Superintendent Barry Lee said that last year in September, the price for diesel fuel was $2.43 cents per gallon.“So we’ve seen it almost double within a year. So, again, just tying into what Mr. Williams says, that is going to have an impact on our budget,” Lee said. “It’s something we can absorb, but it’s something we don’t like to absorb.”According to the working budget, the district expects $4 million in property taxes, $980,000 from utility taxes, $325,000 in investment earnings, and $288,000 in other local revenues and reimbursements. The larger revenue share will come from the state, with $12.6 million expected from SEEK funding, $5.9 in on-behalf payments, and $200,000 in Medicaid reimbursements.The special revenue fund will total $4.46 million with $1.34 million in state funding, and $3 million in federal funding.The total general fund budget is almost $34 million. Of that total, nearly $10 million is budgeted as contingency for the district, which allows flexibility to pay for unplanned expenses, such as high fuel prices or emergency repairs.Turning to the financial report, Williams explained that the total cash balance for the district at the end of August was at $15.3 million, down from $15.9 million at the end of July. The general fund was at $9.5 million, up more than $680,000 from the prior year. Total revenue for the general fund in August was up $836,049 over the prior year.Prior to the business items at the Sept. 14 meeting, members of the Casey County High School FFA gave a presentation asking for the board’s support in a new FFA Ag Ed Ambassador Program. The board approved the program unanimously.The next meeting of the Casey County Board of Education would be at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 in the district annex.</div></body>

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Diesel fuel prices have nearly doubled over the prior year, and Casey County School District officials are watching the transportation budget closely. The Casey County Board of Education approved its working budget, which includes a budget for fuel spending, at its Sept. 14 meeting. Prior to the vote to set...

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Diesel fuel prices have nearly doubled over the prior year, and Casey County School District officials are watching the transportation budget closely. The 

Fuel costs skyrocket for school transportation

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