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Belmont-Harrison forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Belmont-Harrison – 050856 (Belmont) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/24/2026

Belmont-Harrison’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, Belmont-Harrison stays above zero through FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes. A career center serves pupils from several districts, so it is in no county’s total and not in Ohio’s.

Cash, June 30, 2025
$5.5M

7.0 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

Belmont-Harrison Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Belmont-Harrison 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 Belmont County →

Belmont-Harrison: 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. 5,483,707 5,440,692 5,436,649
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 417,058 − 100,000 − 100,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 5,066,649 5,340,692 5,336,649
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 5,066,649 5,340,692 5,336,649
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 5,066,649 5,340,692 5,336,649

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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.

Belmont-Harrison’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Belmont-Harrison 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.

2,747,877 2,872,992 3,028,090 2,965,700 3,010,200 3,040,300 3,070,700
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

1,028,639 964,606 992,546 965,100 965,100 965,100 965,100
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

3,424,739 3,839,930 4,227,037 4,792,750 4,895,500 4,791,000 4,791,000
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

1,421,688 1,681,871 1,845,381 1,853,300 1,843,000 1,793,000 1,793,000
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.

289,085 293,054 318,219 313,840 309,840 309,840 309,840
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

519,035 669,682 530,833 527,900 359,500 332,800 290,300
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

9,431,063 10,322,135 10,942,106 11,418,590 11,383,140 11,232,040 11,219,940
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

Money moved into the general fund from the district's other funds.

58,125 57,125 56,000 54,750 58,438 57,063 55,688
02.050 Advances-In

Money the general fund lent to the district's other funds, coming back.

13,309 2,334 0 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

214 7,817 20,495 19,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

71,648 67,276 76,495 73,750 63,438 62,063 60,688
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

9,502,711 10,389,411 11,018,601 11,492,340 11,446,578 11,294,103 11,280,628
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

4,413,853 4,820,229 4,837,055 5,141,700 5,353,400 5,335,860 5,380,600
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

1,842,378 2,061,366 2,139,822 2,446,660 2,680,160 2,894,660 3,139,330
03.030 Purchased Services

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

971,393 1,148,442 1,273,571 1,389,200 1,330,500 1,327,600 1,363,400
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

336,999 419,740 384,355 475,700 436,500 417,000 420,000
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

319,559 435,258 156,786 446,000 418,000 368,000 368,000
04.050 Principal-HB 264 Loans

Repaying loans for energy-saving building work (House Bill 264).

50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 55,000 55,000 55,000
04.055 Principal - Other

Repaying other borrowing from the general fund.

0 263,000 237,000 245,000 254,000 263,000 273,000
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

8,125 210,941 155,367 145,345 134,951 124,166 113,036
04.300 Other Objects

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

115,772 138,989 125,053 141,000 125,000 144,000 125,000
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

8,058,079 9,547,965 9,359,009 10,480,605 10,787,511 10,929,286 11,237,366
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

1,071,125 685,125 2,313,000 1,054,750 658,438 357,063 55,688
05.020 Advances-Out

Money the general fund lends to the district's other funds for a while.

2,334 0 0 0 0 0 0
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

1,073,459 685,125 2,313,000 1,054,750 658,438 357,063 55,688
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

9,131,538 10,233,090 11,672,009 11,535,355 11,445,949 11,286,349 11,293,054
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.

371,173 156,321 (653,408) (43,015) 629 7,754 (12,426)
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.

5,609,621 5,980,794 6,137,115 5,483,707 5,440,692 5,441,321 5,449,075
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.

5,980,794 6,137,115 5,483,707 5,440,692 5,441,321 5,449,075 5,436,649
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

82,651 37,143 417,058 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
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.

5,898,143 6,099,972 5,066,649 5,340,692 5,341,321 5,349,075 5,336,649
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.

5,898,143 6,099,972 5,066,649 5,340,692 5,341,321 5,349,075 5,336,649
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.

5,898,143 6,099,972 5,066,649 5,340,692 5,341,321 5,349,075 5,336,649

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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.

Another county or district

From the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s bulk forecast files — the filings its Forecast Submissions report shows one district at a time, to the dollar. A county’s figures are the traditional districts the state files under it, added together; Ohio’s are all of them. Each district writes its own forecast, and nothing here is estimated. The 49 career centers file their own forecasts and are listed under their home county, but are in no total: each serves several counties.