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Rising diesel costs from Iran war strain US school budgets
Key takeaways
- School districts from Yakima, Washington to Waco, Texas are tapping emergency funding reserves to keep buses running.
- “It’s more than a straw on the camel’s back, it’s like a haystack,” said Yakima Superintendent Trevor Greene.
- The stress reflects one of many knock-on impacts of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which has disrupted the flow of around a fifth of the world’s oil supplies.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Soaring diesel prices since the onset of the Iran war are draining already tight US school district budgets, making it more expensive to bus students and run generators in a shock officials say they will not be able to afford for long.
School districts from Yakima, Washington to Waco, Texas are tapping emergency funding reserves to keep buses running. In remote Alaska, officials are scrambling to secure enough fuel to keep the lights on, according to Reuters interviews.
“It’s more than a straw on the camel’s back, it’s like a haystack,” said Yakima Superintendent Trevor Greene.
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