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Amanda-Clearcreek Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Amanda-Clearcreek Local – 046847 (Fairfield) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/23/2026

Amanda-Clearcreek Local’s own notes and assumptions for this forecast (PDF) →

Every Ohio school district files a budget forecast with the state: three years of actual figures, this year’s budget and the years ahead. On its own forecast, Amanda-Clearcreek Local stays above zero through FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

Cash, June 30, 2025
$10.9M

5.4 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by FY2029

on its own forecast, if its levies are renewed and no new one passes

New levy in the forecast
None

it counts no levy voters have not approved

Amanda-Clearcreek Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Amanda-Clearcreek Local Schools has no tax issue on this ballot, on the Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues as of September 18, 2026.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Fairfield County →

Amanda-Clearcreek Local: cash, unencumbered, unreserved — four different balances

The forecast has four balance lines, and each is the one before it with something taken away or added. They are easy to mix up, and they are not the same number.

Line ActualFY2025 BudgetFY2026 ForecastFY2029
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 10,945,024 10,885,404 10,603,368
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 10,945,024 10,885,404 10,603,368
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 10,945,024 10,885,404 10,603,368
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 10,945,024 10,885,404 10,603,368

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For past years the state asks for no renewal or new-levy money, so the unencumbered and unreserved balances are the same; cash is larger by what is already committed and set aside. In a forecast year the unreserved balance counts any new levy as if it had passed.

Amanda-Clearcreek Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Amanda-Clearcreek Local filed it with the state, in the state’s own format. Tap or hover over a line to see what it means.

Forecast line and description ActualFY2023 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 Current year budgetFY2026 Forecast year 1FY2027 Forecast year 2FY2028 Forecast year 3FY2029
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

Property tax on land and buildings — homes, farms and businesses — from levies voters have already approved.

4,492,122 5,203,271 5,232,632 6,369,847 5,665,117 6,203,104 6,577,523
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

Property tax on the equipment of utilities, such as power lines, pipelines and power plants.

585,207 605,969 635,083 676,577 700,388 716,501 722,169
01.030 Income Tax

The school district income tax its residents pay on their earnings, where voters have approved one.

4,774,524 4,921,870 5,277,585 5,435,027 5,662,160 5,899,186 6,146,524
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid the district may spend on anything — mostly Ohio's school funding formula.

9,766,850 10,111,621 9,704,270 9,839,169 9,884,123 9,921,201 9,973,621
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid that must be spent on set purposes, such as help for pupils from low-income families.

674,215 754,760 833,426 584,106 558,426 518,512 468,797
01.050 State Reimbursement for Property Tax Credits

The part of homeowners' property tax the state pays for them: the 10% and 2.5% rollbacks and the homestead exemption.

630,503 706,638 727,162 871,106 1,008,763 1,014,412 1,063,564
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

Everything else that comes in: fees, tuition from other districts, interest, rentals and gifts.

1,253,050 2,306,929 2,688,330 2,131,657 1,967,761 1,848,522 1,748,579
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

22,176,471 24,611,057 25,098,488 25,907,488 25,446,738 26,121,438 26,700,776
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

One-off money, such as refunds of past spending or the sale of property.

226,247 1,534 3,950 5,757 5,757 5,757 5,757
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

All of the other money coming in, lines 2.010 to 2.060, added together.

226,247 1,534 3,950 5,757 5,757 5,757 5,757
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

Everything coming in for the year: revenue plus other money coming in.

22,402,718 24,612,591 25,102,438 25,913,246 25,452,495 26,127,196 26,706,534
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

10,075,806 11,898,968 12,367,259 12,999,399 13,313,664 13,895,958 14,504,236
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

The district's share of staff pensions (STRS and SERS), health insurance, Medicare and workers' compensation.

4,184,178 4,505,420 5,028,978 5,320,194 5,449,283 5,708,238 5,979,634
03.030 Purchased Services

Services bought from outside: utilities, repairs, contracted services and tuition paid for pupils taught elsewhere.

2,417,269 3,349,003 3,596,148 3,048,232 3,190,423 3,272,098 3,355,976
03.040 Supplies and Materials

Textbooks, classroom supplies, fuel, food and other things the district buys.

667,101 848,328 1,026,754 1,694,086 841,978 867,237 893,254
03.050 Capital Outlay

Equipment, buses and building improvements paid for from the general fund.

433,636 486,818 377,113 248,958 249,416 251,910 254,429
04.055 Principal - Other

Repaying other borrowing from the general fund.

298,600 303,600 718,700 643,900 664,100 684,400 704,700
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

45,507 519,167 1,051,579 1,010,892 988,157 964,559 933,859
04.300 Other Objects

Other costs, such as the county's fees for collecting its taxes, audits, elections, insurance and memberships.

236,399 361,646 380,176 405,137 420,832 433,457 446,461
04.500 Total Expenditures

Everything the district spends in the year, lines 3.010 to 4.300, added together.

18,358,495 22,272,950 24,546,707 25,370,797 25,117,853 26,077,858 27,072,550
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

Money moved out of the general fund to the district's other funds, such as food service or athletics.

5,584,876 5,391,429 161,591 602,069 100,000 100,000 100,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

All of the other money going out, lines 5.010 to 5.030, added together.

5,584,876 5,391,429 161,591 602,069 100,000 100,000 100,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

Everything going out for the year: spending plus other money going out.

23,943,371 27,664,379 24,708,298 25,972,866 25,217,853 26,177,858 27,172,550
06.010 Excess Of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

The year's result: money in minus money out. A number in brackets means the district spent more than it took in.

(1,540,653) (3,051,788) 394,140 (59,620) 234,642 (50,662) (466,016)
07.010 Beginning Cash Balance July 1 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash in the general fund on July 1, the start of the school year — last year's ending cash.

15,143,326 13,602,672 10,550,885 10,945,024 10,885,404 11,120,046 11,069,384
07.020 Ending Cash Balance June 30 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash on June 30, the end of the year: the starting cash plus the year's result, before any renewal or new levy.

13,602,672 10,550,885 10,945,024 10,885,404 11,120,046 11,069,384 10,603,368
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

Money already committed: purchase orders and contracts signed but not yet paid.

480,000 480,000 0 0 0 0 0
09.045 Fiscal Stabilization

Money set aside to steady the budget over future years.

0 0 0 1 2 3 4
10.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certification of Appropriations

What is free to spend: the ending cash less money already committed and money set aside — often called the unencumbered balance.

13,122,672 10,070,885 10,945,024 10,885,404 11,120,046 11,069,384 10,603,368
11.010 Income Tax - Renewal

An existing income tax the district expects voters to renew. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11.020 Property Tax - Renewal or Replacement

Existing property tax levies the district expects voters to renew or replace. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certificates of Contracts Salary Schedules, and Other Obligations

The balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does.

13,122,672 10,070,885 10,945,024 10,885,404 11,120,046 11,069,384 10,603,368
13.010 Income Tax - New

A new income tax the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.020 Property Tax - New

A new property tax levy the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.030 Cumulative Balance of New Levies

The new levies above, added up year after year.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15.010 Unreserved Fund Balance June 30

The state's bottom line: the balance with renewals and new levies counted as if voters approve them.

13,122,672 10,070,885 10,945,024 10,885,404 11,120,046 11,069,384 10,603,368
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

84 94 96 109 130 109 126
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

1,364 1,359 1,328 1,315 1,315 1,356 1,335

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Dollars, except the two enrolment lines (20.010 and 20.015), which are pupils. A line that is zero in every year is left out, as the state’s report leaves it out — except the renewal and new-levy lines (11 and 13), which are always shown, because a zero there is the answer.

Amanda-Clearcreek Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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